Catherine Roeger Haring

She was born August 12, 1902 in Gleichen, Germany to Kathyrn and Frederick Roeger. She was the fifth child in a family of seven girls and five boys. Her surviving sisters, Lydia Huebner and Martha Minich, reside in Mansfield.

Catherine came to America in 1923; she worked for relatives in Tremont, Ill. Then moved to Peoria, Ill. In 1927 she married Nicholas Haring Jr. of Mansfield, founder of Haring Jewelers; they celebrated 59 years of marriage before his death in June 1986.

She was a homemaker, a dedicated mother and grandmother, an active member of the Apostolic Christian Church, a Vacation Bible School teacher, a Woodland School volunteer, a Girl Scout volunteer and a member of the La Sertoma Club.

She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Marian Blahnik and Elanie and David Pavkov; four sons and daughters-in-laws, Dr. Frederick and Linda Haring, Kenneth and Ellen Haring all of Mansfield, OH; Paul and Peggy Haring of Kailua, Hawaii, Dr. Roger and Linda Haring of Saugus, CA; twenty-two grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and a number of nieces, nephews and relatives in Ohio, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon and Germany.

Calling hours will be Monday, May 15, 2000 at the Ontario Wappner Funeral Home from 2 ' 4 p.m. and 7 ' 9 p.m. A service of celebration of her life will be held Tuesday, May 16 at the Ontario Christian Fellowship Church. Burial will be in Mansfield Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to Hospice of North Central Ohio or the Nickolas and Catherine Haring Music Memorial Fund in care of the Ontario Christian Fellowship.