Walt "Roberts" Stampfli, 84, of rural Ashland passed away peacefully at his residence Tuesday evening, May 17, 2011.
He was born in Cleveland on March 20, 1927, to Charles Alvin and Clara Louise (ne Pope) Stampfli. He was a graduate of Collinwood High School in Cleveland and attended Kent State University.
Walt began his radio announcer career in Newark in 1951. He then worked at radio stations in Elyria, Cleveland, Warren and Mansfield before coming to Ashland in 1962 as an announcer for WNCO AM/FM where he enjoyed doing his morning show weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. Walt became president and general manager of WNCO AM/FM. In 1989, he put Low-Power TV station W59BP, Ashland on the air. He then acquired WMVO-AM/WQIO-FM in Mount Vernon, and later acquired stations in Galion, Loudonville and Fredericktown, and became president and general manager of Ashland Broadcasting Corp.
Walt was a community-minded person. He attended First United Methodist Church. He was active in Demolay and was past president of the Ashland County TB Association, North Central Ohio Broadcasters Association, Mansfield Playhouse, Mansfield Little Theater and Ashland Noon Lions. He also had served as a board member of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, Richland Economic Development Corp., Ashland Downtown Revitalization Committee and Ashland AAA Board. One of his proudest appointments was when he served as the Ohio District 11 Representative to the National Association of Broadcasters.
He had served in the United States Navy on a destroyer escort during World War II.
On March 17, 1973, he married Joan M. Hurd, who survives.
He is also survived by one daughter, Sarah S. (C. Benjamin) Hoggard of rural Ashland; one son, Dean R. (Darla J.) Stampfli of Ontario; and five grandchildren, Noah Stampfli, Jack Hoggard, Grace Stampfli, Samuel Hoggard and Isaac Stampfli. He is also survived by "The Old Timer."
Walt was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Betty Olsin; one brother, Charles Alvin Stampfli Jr.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will take place 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan Bilkert officiating.
Burial, with military honors provided by the Ashland Veterans Honor Guard, will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may visit with the family 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, at Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home and also 10 a.m. until time of the service Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to First United Methodist Church, 220 Sandusky St., Ashland, Ohio 44805; or to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1050 Dauch Drive, Ashland, Ohio 44805.
For those not able to attend, online expressions of sympathy may be made to the family by using the funeral home's website at www.dpkfh.com.
(T-G 05/19/11)
He was born in Cleveland on March 20, 1927, to Charles Alvin and Clara Louise (ne Pope) Stampfli. He was a graduate of Collinwood High School in Cleveland and attended Kent State University.
Walt began his radio announcer career in Newark in 1951. He then worked at radio stations in Elyria, Cleveland, Warren and Mansfield before coming to Ashland in 1962 as an announcer for WNCO AM/FM where he enjoyed doing his morning show weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. Walt became president and general manager of WNCO AM/FM. In 1989, he put Low-Power TV station W59BP, Ashland on the air. He then acquired WMVO-AM/WQIO-FM in Mount Vernon, and later acquired stations in Galion, Loudonville and Fredericktown, and became president and general manager of Ashland Broadcasting Corp.
Walt was a community-minded person. He attended First United Methodist Church. He was active in Demolay and was past president of the Ashland County TB Association, North Central Ohio Broadcasters Association, Mansfield Playhouse, Mansfield Little Theater and Ashland Noon Lions. He also had served as a board member of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, Richland Economic Development Corp., Ashland Downtown Revitalization Committee and Ashland AAA Board. One of his proudest appointments was when he served as the Ohio District 11 Representative to the National Association of Broadcasters.
He had served in the United States Navy on a destroyer escort during World War II.
On March 17, 1973, he married Joan M. Hurd, who survives.
He is also survived by one daughter, Sarah S. (C. Benjamin) Hoggard of rural Ashland; one son, Dean R. (Darla J.) Stampfli of Ontario; and five grandchildren, Noah Stampfli, Jack Hoggard, Grace Stampfli, Samuel Hoggard and Isaac Stampfli. He is also survived by "The Old Timer."
Walt was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Betty Olsin; one brother, Charles Alvin Stampfli Jr.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will take place 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan Bilkert officiating.
Burial, with military honors provided by the Ashland Veterans Honor Guard, will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may visit with the family 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, at Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home and also 10 a.m. until time of the service Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to First United Methodist Church, 220 Sandusky St., Ashland, Ohio 44805; or to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1050 Dauch Drive, Ashland, Ohio 44805.
For those not able to attend, online expressions of sympathy may be made to the family by using the funeral home's website at www.dpkfh.com.
(T-G 05/19/11)
Walt "Roberts" Stampfli, 84, of rural Ashland passed away peacefully at his residence Tuesday evening, May 17, 2011.
He was born in Cleveland on March 20, 1927, to Charles Alvin and Clara Louise (ne Pope) Stampfli. He was a graduate of Collinwood High School in Cleveland and attended Kent State University.
Walt began his radio announcer career in Newark in 1951. He then worked at radio stations in Elyria, Cleveland, Warren and Mansfield before coming to Ashland in 1962 as an announcer for WNCO AM/FM where he enjoyed doing his morning show weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. Walt became president and general manager of WNCO AM/FM. In 1989, he put Low-Power TV station W59BP, Ashland on the air. He then acquired WMVO-AM/WQIO-FM in Mount Vernon, and later acquired stations in Galion, Loudonville and Fredericktown, and became president and general manager of Ashland Broadcasting Corp.
Walt was a community-minded person. He attended First United Methodist Church. He was active in Demolay and was past president of the Ashland County TB Association, North Central Ohio Broadcasters Association, Mansfield Playhouse, Mansfield Little Theater and Ashland Noon Lions. He also had served as a board member of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, Richland Economic Development Corp., Ashland Downtown Revitalization Committee and Ashland AAA Board. One of his proudest appointments was when he served as the Ohio District 11 Representative to the National Association of Broadcasters.
He had served in the United States Navy on a destroyer escort during World War II.
On March 17, 1973, he married Joan M. Hurd, who survives.
He is also survived by one daughter, Sarah S. (C. Benjamin) Hoggard of rural Ashland; one son, Dean R. (Darla J.) Stampfli of Ontario; and five grandchildren, Noah Stampfli, Jack Hoggard, Grace Stampfli, Samuel Hoggard and Isaac Stampfli. He is also survived by "The Old Timer."
Walt was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Betty Olsin; one brother, Charles Alvin Stampfli Jr.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will take place 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan Bilkert officiating.
Burial, with military honors provided by the Ashland Veterans Honor Guard, will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may visit with the family 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, at Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home and also 10 a.m. until time of the service Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to First United Methodist Church, 220 Sandusky St., Ashland, Ohio 44805; or to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1050 Dauch Drive, Ashland, Ohio 44805.
For those not able to attend, online expressions of sympathy may be made to the family by using the funeral home's website at www.dpkfh.com.
(T-G 05/19/11)
He was born in Cleveland on March 20, 1927, to Charles Alvin and Clara Louise (ne Pope) Stampfli. He was a graduate of Collinwood High School in Cleveland and attended Kent State University.
Walt began his radio announcer career in Newark in 1951. He then worked at radio stations in Elyria, Cleveland, Warren and Mansfield before coming to Ashland in 1962 as an announcer for WNCO AM/FM where he enjoyed doing his morning show weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. Walt became president and general manager of WNCO AM/FM. In 1989, he put Low-Power TV station W59BP, Ashland on the air. He then acquired WMVO-AM/WQIO-FM in Mount Vernon, and later acquired stations in Galion, Loudonville and Fredericktown, and became president and general manager of Ashland Broadcasting Corp.
Walt was a community-minded person. He attended First United Methodist Church. He was active in Demolay and was past president of the Ashland County TB Association, North Central Ohio Broadcasters Association, Mansfield Playhouse, Mansfield Little Theater and Ashland Noon Lions. He also had served as a board member of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, Richland Economic Development Corp., Ashland Downtown Revitalization Committee and Ashland AAA Board. One of his proudest appointments was when he served as the Ohio District 11 Representative to the National Association of Broadcasters.
He had served in the United States Navy on a destroyer escort during World War II.
On March 17, 1973, he married Joan M. Hurd, who survives.
He is also survived by one daughter, Sarah S. (C. Benjamin) Hoggard of rural Ashland; one son, Dean R. (Darla J.) Stampfli of Ontario; and five grandchildren, Noah Stampfli, Jack Hoggard, Grace Stampfli, Samuel Hoggard and Isaac Stampfli. He is also survived by "The Old Timer."
Walt was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Betty Olsin; one brother, Charles Alvin Stampfli Jr.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will take place 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan Bilkert officiating.
Burial, with military honors provided by the Ashland Veterans Honor Guard, will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may visit with the family 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, at Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home and also 10 a.m. until time of the service Saturday at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to First United Methodist Church, 220 Sandusky St., Ashland, Ohio 44805; or to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1050 Dauch Drive, Ashland, Ohio 44805.
For those not able to attend, online expressions of sympathy may be made to the family by using the funeral home's website at www.dpkfh.com.
(T-G 05/19/11)
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