Harold L. Goehring

GOEHRING, Harold (Hal) L., age 93 of Centerville, formerly of Kettering, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2009. Born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania. Hal attended Bethany College, where he was a member of the Men's basketball team, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. He went on to a successful career in Human Resource Management, beginning with the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; transferring to Buffalo, New York, then Staunton, Virginia. He then joined Peter Eckrich & Sons Inc. in Fort Wayne, Indiana, until moving to the Dayton area and joining The McCall Printing Co., later known as Dayton Press Inc. He founded H.L. Goehring & Associates in 1978, an executive search consulting firm, where he was active as the President until 2004. Hal was a gentleman to all, enjoyed golfing with friends and family, loved sports and was an avid Bengals fan. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, a 50 year member of the Masons, maintaining memberships in both the Valley of Dayton Lodge and Amherst Lodge in Williamsville, NY, Shriners of North America, past member of Dayton Rotary Club, Sycamore Creek Country Club, Dayton Racquet Club, the New York Athletic Club and past board member of The United Way. Preceded in death by his parents, John and Lillian (Peoples) Goehring and his brother, Dr. Harrison Dillwyn Goehring. Harold is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Marie (Cugini); three daughters and their families; Elizabeth and Darwin Hall of Cincinnati and their children Renee' Hall, Justin (Renee) Hall and Adrian Hall; Susan and Park Studebaker of Washington Twp. and their children Christina Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez and Caroline Studebaker; Laura and Robert Harrelson of Troy and their children William, John, Robert and Julia Harrelson; and his niece and nephew, Kathleen Havens and Harrison (Chip) D. Goehring, Jr. The family will greet friends on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 from 11:00AM - 1:00PM at Routsong Funeral Home, 81 N. Main St., Centerville. Funeral service will follow at 1:00PM, Rev. Kay Davis-Dudding officiating with burial to follow in Calvary cemetery. Condolences and other tributes may be sent to the family at www.routsong.com.

Funeral Home:
Centerville Routsong Funeral Home
81 N. Main St.
Centerville, OH
US 45459