Henry Elton Bahr

Henry Elton Bahr, 88, entered his heavenly home on November 6, 2013. Henry was born in Meigs County, Ohio on March 13, 1925 to Ernest Bahr and Bertha Bell Betzing Bahr. He shared 69 ½ years of beautiful married life with Eileen Pigott Bahr before she passed away on February 12, 2013. Henry was a member of South Bethel Community Church where he enjoyed teaching the Adult Sunday School class. He devoted his life to making southeast Ohio a beautiful place through the reclamation of strip mines as an employee of Ohio Reclamation Association and co-owner of Green-Up Reclamation. His life statement was "I planted more than I cut".
Henry enjoyed numerous hunting trips to Utah and Colorado where he introduced several generations of Meigs County residents to the bounty of the West. His other interests included gardening and fishing with Eileen, his beloved wife.
Henry is survived by his ten children, Kaye Richard Fick, Roger Mary Bahr, Jackie Ken Hartung, Pat Bahr, Howard Kim Bahr, Jeanne Dave Baker, Tammi Rob Barber, Terri Bahr, Jim Bahr and Randy Chris Bahr; his sisters, Evelyn Gene Well and Lila Harold Winters; his sisters-in-law, Nancy Bahr, Lori Wolf, Lucille Wilson and Bettie Bush Pigott; and his brother-in-law Rex Summerfield. He will be missed by his 16 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, one great, great granddaughter and many nieces, nephews and friends.
In addition to his parents and wife, Henry was preceded in death by his siblings and their spouses: Clayton Virgene, Kyle Elsie, Mildred Victor Lipsey, Norman Daylene, Victor Wilma, and Vernon, and also by his brothers and sisters-in-law: Royal Wilson, Harold Winters, Gene Well, Willard Pigott, Annie Pigott Summerfield, Rex and Sina May Pigott Bailey, Donald Pigott, and his grandson, Kevin Fick.
Calling hours will be Friday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00, and his Celebration of Life service will be Saturday, November 9 at 11:00 at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville. Graveside services will follow at South Bethel Community Church on Silver Ridge. Please join the family for a meal in the church annex following the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kevin Fick Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Pat Bahr, 2 Circle Drive, The Plains, OH 45780.