Joanne Irene Warther

Joanne Irene Warther
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Joanne Irene Warther of Dover died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018.

Born March 27, 1929, to Lester and Mary (Weinmann) Carl, Joanne grew up with her family in Dover. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1947, where she went on to attend the Columbus Business College, earning a two-year degree in book-keeping in just nine months time. On July 15, 1949, she eloped with the love of her life, Dave Warther. In their 62 years of marriage, they had seven children together. Just six years after their marriage, she and Dave began E. Warther and Son (Warther Cutlery) together.

Dave and Joanne were the perfect balance of business partnership, creating and continuing companies of great success in the community that are carried on today. Dave Warther was always the public face and the dreamer of the Warther Museum and E. Warther and Son, but Joanne was the quiet and driving force behind both companies and kept Dave grounded in his ideas.

Joanne’s major passion was the gift shop, first started in 1963, doubling in size in 1987. One of her biggest pleasures in life was her well-known adoration for Mickey Mouse. She was forever a fan, visiting Disney World countless times in her life.

Joanne was a fierce business woman and loving wife and mother. She will be missed by many. She enjoyed playing cards and swimming and in her younger years was a member of the CCL. She and her husband served as former parade marshals for both the Dover Christmas and Halloween parades.

Joanne is survived by five children: Carol and Dana Moreland, David (Maryruth) Warther, Mark (Pat) Warther, Lisa (Mike) White, and Dan and Julie Warther. She is deeply missed by 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her loving husband; children, Richard and Dale Warther; her parents; and sister, June Trucinski.

Friends may call at the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory in Dover on Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m., followed by a funeral mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover on Friday at 11 a.m. with Fr. Jimmy Hatfield officiating. Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery at Dover. Those unable to attend may sign the online register book at www.tolandherzig.com.

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