Noel Lehman

Noel Dudley Lehman, 93, of Baltimore, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Fairfield Medical Center.

He was born outside of Carroll, Ohio on July 5, 1923 to Alfred Leroy Lehman and Cora Ellen (Vickers) Lehman. Noel grew up on a farm outside of Baltimore, Ohio on Pleasantville Road and graduated from Liberty Union High School in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army 35th Infantry Division on the European front in World War II. During his service Noel earned a Silver Star for bravery and 5 Bronze Stars. He retired from Jeffrey Mining and Manufacturing/Dresser Industries just shy of 40 years of service.

Noel met Nellie Jean Snider when he was 7 and she was 5 at her Grandpa Ardo Snider’s farm which adjoined the Lehman farm. They were married on September 26, 1945 and were fortunate enough to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary before her passing on December 18, 1995.

Noel was a member of Baltimore United Methodist Church and Baltimore VFW Post 3761. Being a farm boy Noel loved to garden, mow grass and plow snow, and do carpentry work.

He is survived by his daughters, Melissa McMullen (Chris Mager) of Baltimore, Ohio, and Melinda (Roger) Ansel of Lancaster, Ohio, brother-in-law Robert Snider, and many nieces and nephews, special friends, Dorothy Davis, and Shelby McQuiston, who he and Jean considered like their “third” daughter.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his infant son, Mark Dudley Lehman, his siblings and their spouses, Lester (Ruby and Clara) Lehman, Anna (Samuel) Chalfant, and Irene (John) Schweitzer, his father-in-law and mother in law, Everett and Blanche Snider, his sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Patricia and Robert Green and Donna Snider, and special friend, Helena Scarberry.

Funeral service will be held Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the JOHNSON-SMITH FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 207 S. MAIN ST., BALTIMORE, OHIO 43105 with Rev. Branson Hawkes officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Baltimore with the Baltimore VFW Post 3761 conducting military honors at the cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 25, 2017 from 2 – 4 pm and 6 – 8 pm and one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Donations may be made to Baltimore United Methodist Church, 200 W. Market St., Baltimore, Ohio 43105 in Noel’s memory.

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Visitation

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ,Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Johnson-Smith Funeral Home
207 S Main St. Baltimore, OH 43105

Visitation

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ,Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Johnson-Smith Funeral Home
207 S Main St. Baltimore, OH 43105

Funeral Service

1:00 PM ,Thursday, January 26, 2017
Johnson-Smith Funeral Home Chapel
207 S. Main St. Baltimore, Ohio 43105