09/12/2007

Notification of Death - Dennis Earl "Skip" Wohlever

September 12, 2007

OFDA received word this afternoon that Dennis Earl "Skip" Wohlever, 72 of Amherst, died Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at his home in Amherst after a lengthy illness.

He was born July 28, 1935 in Amherst and graduated from Amherst High School with the class of 1954. He attended Ashland College for two years before entering the Pittsburgh School of Mortuary Science, graduating with honors with the class of 1960. He served his apprenticeship with the Emmerich Funeral Home and upon completion moved to Bellevue, purchasing the Young Funeral Home in 1962. In 1967 he purchased the Waters-Smith Funeral Home. He and his family spent the next 24 years operating the Wohlever Funeral Home. In 1984 he sold his funeral home in Bellevue and returned to Amherst, purchasing the Dombrowski Funeral Home, which became Dombowski-Wohlever-Volak Funeral Home until his retirement in 2000. He continued to be active in funeral service.

He was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors and Ohio Embalmers Association, the Greater Lorain Funeral Directors (G.L.F.D.) Association. He was a past president of the former Huron County Funeral Directors know known as the Firelands Funeral Directors. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing, boating, furniture refinishing and his yard work.

He is survived by is wife of 48 years, Joan A. Wohlever (nee DeChiaro); daughters, Denise Smith, Deborah Kimbrel and Donna Sears; son, Dennis Wohlever II; 14 grandchildren; brother, Robert L. Wohlever; sisters, Carol Dostall and Priscilla Phillips.

He was preceded-in-death by he parents, Robert L. and Myrtle M (nee Kurth) Wohlever, a sister, Barbara Ann and several aunts and uncles.

Friends may call on Friday, September 14, 2007 from 1-4 and 6-9 pm at the Dombrowski-Humphrey-Riddle Funeral Home, 1939 Oberlin Avenue, Lorain.

Closing prayers will be a the funeral home at 9:30 am on Saturday, September 15, 2007 followed by a 10:00 am Mass of Christian Burial at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 418 W. 15th Street, Lorain. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Amherst.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, c/o roof and wall repair fund, 418 W. 15th Street, Lorain, Ohio 44052.

Online condolences may be made at www.dombrowskifuneralhome.com