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Harold Mccall - 95

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June 21, 2022

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Blanchester, OH

Harold Raymond McCall, known to most as "Mac," age 95, of Blanchester, passed peacefully on Friday, June 17, 2022, after a long life enriched by family, friends, and a wonderful sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 69 years, Ruth (Hale) McCall; his parents, Forrest and Sylvia (Double) McCall; his step-mother, Mary (Frank) McCall; his brother, Carl McCall; and sisters, Lucille Frost and Ada Jean Minton. He is survived by his children, Patty (Greg) Ballinger, Sharon (Jim) Meyer, Cathy (Gary Moore) Peery, and Michael (Tammy) McCall; his eleven grandsons; twenty great-grandchildren; his sisters, Freda Gooch and Mary Taylor; and many nieces and nephews. Harold was a 1944 graduate of Blanchester High School, a US Army veteran, and a Cincinnati Milacron machine operator. After his retirement, he and Ruth enjoyed camping with the Buckeye Vagabonds, traveling, spending winters in Tavares, Florida, and enjoying their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was a bowler, woodworker, tinkerer, corn-hole and shuffleboard champion, fixer of anything that needed fixing, Gunsmoke watcher, comedian, king of the one-liners, and the flat-cap/cardigan combo. He was also a loving son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. He will be missed by many. The funeral service will be held at 12pm on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home, 120 W. Main St. , Blanchester, Ohio, where friends will be received from 10am until the time of service. Interment will take place at Blanchester IOOF Cemetery. Memorial donations may be directed to the Grace United Methodist Church, PO BOX 66, Blanchester, Ohio 45107