Roger E. Love

January 23, 1938 - September 11, 2018

Roger Love, age 80, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Mr. Love was born in Caldwell, Ohio on January 23, 1938 to the late Maywood and Verna Love. He was a graduate of Harrietsville High School where he was captain of the basketball team, a trumpet player in the orchestra and the class valedictorian. He married Nancy Morrison on June 27, 1959 at the Crum Ridge Church of Christ. Mr. Love retired as a superintendent with Columbia Gas Transmission in 1993 and then served as a Knox Township trustee for ten years. Mr. Love was an active member of the North 10th and Clairmont Church of Christ in Cambridge, where he served as an elder, song leader and Bible class teacher. He was an accomplished singer, having sung with The Decades gospel quartet and he passed his love of singing on to his children and grandchildren. Mr. Love is survived by his wife, Nancy, his children, Kim (Bill) Reynolds of Gahanna, Kevin (Sharon) Love of Cambridge and Karen (Brian) Wilson of Reynoldsburg and his sister, Judy (Dan) Shepherd of Marion, Arkansas. He will be remembered by his grandchildren, Whitney (Michael) Fisher, Will Reynolds, Ross (Alissa) Love, Bryce (Mallory) Love, Reid (Mackenzie) Love, Caleb Wilson and Emma Wilson and his great-grandchildren, Cole Fisher and Caroline Fisher. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the North 10th and Clairmont Church of Christ in Cambridge, Ohio. Family will receive guests beginning at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Capital Campaign for a New Cancer Center (http://www.seormc.org/hope). Roger's online tribute wall may be viewed and signed at www.bundy-lawfuneralhome.com.