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Mary Lou Mikesell Schar, 98, of Sardis, OH, passed away Saturday March 4, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born January 26, 1925, in Lodi, OH, a daughter of the late Charles Wade and Mary Belle Kemery Mikesell.
She graduated in 1942, from Westfield High School in LeRoy, OH. She went to Berea, OH to work and attend Baldwin Wallace College.
During WWII, she married Forrest Homer Schar. When he was overseas she went to Westerville to work in a war plant and attended Otterbein College from which she graduated in 1947. She taught high school in Bloom Twp. and Tiffin Public Schools before moving to Monroe County, where she administrated and taught in the MACO program.
She was a member of the Sardis United Methodist Church, Ohio PERS, United Methodist Women and DAV Auxiliary.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest H. Schar in 2013; sister, Roberta Byrsacz; and a grandson, Kevin Schar.
Survivors include three sons, Danford Schar of Newbury Park, CA, John Forrest Schar of Sardis, OH and James Schar of Frankfurt, Germany; a daughter, Evelyn Marker of Tiffin, OH; eight grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at the Grisell Funeral Home, 37234 Mound Street, Sardis, OH, where services will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. with Jim Miller officiating.
Interment will follow in Mount Olive Cemetery Sardis, OH.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Olive or Sardis United Methodist Church.
Sympathy expressions at grisellfuneral homes.com.