Obituaries
Barbara J. Nofzinger
September 12, 2023
Barbara J Nofzinger, age 88, of Bellevue and formerly Sandusky, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at the Bellevue Care Center.
She was born June 23, 1935, in Buffalo, NY to the late Oswald and Hulda (Benson) Osterberg. She graduated from Kenmore High School, NY in 1953 and attended Kent State University and Bowling Green State University. She lived in Sandusky and was a former member of the Sandusky Yacht Club and was a former schoolteacher with Sandusky Schools. She was also a former member of the Zion Lutheran Church and St. John Lutheran Church in Bellevue where she taught Sunday School. She was an avid seamstress and enjoyed boating, her rose garden and flowers, and attending her children’s activities including being a band parent and a booster parent.
She is survived by her daughters, Gay Lynn (Tim) Englehart, Donna Dodge and Karen (Frank) Reinke Nitti; stepson, David Nofzinger; stepdaughter, Donna J. (Mark) Dwyer; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 1st husband, Donald Reinke in 1978, 2nd husband, Donald Nofzinger in 2003; and her sister, Ann Kristine Osterberg in 1960; and grandson, Brian Englehart in 2000.
Per her request cremation will take place and there will be no services.
Arrangements entrusted to the Evans Funeral Home, 314 E. Main Street, Norwalk, OH.
Memorial contributions may be sent to one’s favorite charity.
Barbara J. Nofzinger
September 12, 2023
Barbara J Nofzinger, age 88, of Bellevue and formerly Sandusky, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at the Bellevue Care Center.
She was born June 23, 1935, in Buffalo, NY to the late Oswald and Hulda (Benson) Osterberg. She graduated from Kenmore High School, NY in 1953 and attended Kent State University and Bowling Green State University. She lived in Sandusky and was a former member of the Sandusky Yacht Club and was a former schoolteacher with Sandusky Schools. She was also a former member of the Zion Lutheran Church and St. John Lutheran Church in Bellevue where she taught Sunday School. She was an avid seamstress and enjoyed boating, her rose garden and flowers, and attending her children’s activities including being a band parent and a booster parent.
She is survived by her daughters, Gay Lynn (Tim) Englehart, Donna Dodge and Karen (Frank) Reinke Nitti; stepson, David Nofzinger; stepdaughter, Donna J. (Mark) Dwyer; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 1st husband, Donald Reinke in 1978, 2nd husband, Donald Nofzinger in 2003; and her sister, Ann Kristine Osterberg in 1960; and grandson, Brian Englehart in 2000.
Per her request cremation will take place and there will be no services.
Arrangements entrusted to the Evans Funeral Home, 314 E. Main Street, Norwalk, OH.
Memorial contributions may be sent to one’s favorite charity.