Vice President – Jim Jepsen, Fairfield County The Ohio Cattlemen’s Foundation also elected new officers. Vice President – Bill Tom, Fayette County Treasurer – Linde Sutherly, Clark County Member at Large – Lindsey Hall, Highland County Past President, Aaron Arnett, Richland County The new officers and executive committee for 2022 are as follows: The directors elected to serve another term are as follows:ĭistrict 8 – Linde Sutherly, Clark County District 11 – Lindsey Hall, Highland County At-Large – Tom Karr, Meigs County Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Election Results and Meeting Information Karr is completing his second term on the OCA board of directors as a director at-large He also received the OCA Seedstock Producer of the Year award in 2014. Karr is involved with the Athens, Meigs and Washington County Cattlemen’s Association, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He is a member of the Chester United Methodist Church, Shade River Lodge, Pomeroy York Rite, Valley of Columbus and Gallipolis Scottish Rite, Aladdin Temple Shrine, a past member of the Ohio Masonic Home Board of Trustees, past chairman of the Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees, Trustee of the University of Rio Grande Board and member of the board of Farmers Bank and Savings Co. Karr also grows corn, soybeans and hay on 1,800 acres in Meigs County. He gradually changed his operation to a purebred Red Angus herd in the mid-1990s and now has 175 brood cows and sells breeding age bulls and open and bred heifers. Over the years, Karr grew his herd to about 100 cows and began incorporating Red Angus for their efficiency and quality grading. He started in the business by taking over his father’s operation, which consisted of about 45 Polled Hereford brood cows. Tom Karr lives in Pomeroy, Ohio with his wife, Amy, and has been in the cattle business for over 40 years. At that meeting, Meigs County’s own Tom Karr was elected president of the association. 7 to elect the association’s officers for 2022. The new board then held a meeting on Dec. A public memorial service for Bob will be held at a future date to be announced.MARYSVILLE, Ohio – The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) recently held elections for directors in districts 2,5,8, 11 and one at-large position. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children’s Orthopedic Hospital, or the USS Laffey Association. The family would like to thank the caregivers at Merrill Gardens of Marysville for their kindness and support of Bob and Ardath. and granddaughter, Ruth Miller and her husband Dwight of Marysville, Wash., and their children, Ethan, Elijah, Joy and Fiona. granddaughter, Rachel DuPont and husband Matthew of Forest Grove, Ore., and their children, Elisabeth, Tessa, Andrew and Emma granddaughter, JoyLynn Karr of Maricopa, Ariz. sister, Kathleen Butcher of Fairmont son, Kevan Karr and his wife Erin of Mukilteo, Wash. Bob is survived by his wife of nearly 64 years, Ardath of Marysville, Wash. He loved pampering his grandkids and great-grandkids. He served as a deacon at West Seattle Christian Church and was a member of the West Seattle Masonic Lodge.
Bob’s hobbies included designing and building furniture, and gardening. He retired in 1989 as vice president of engineering. designing equipment for the logging, offshore oil and fish processing industries. He spent his entire career with Smith-Berger Corp. Bob received his mechanical engineering degree from West Virginia University in 1950 and he and Ardath settled in Seattle.
Two years later, in June 1947, they were married. A striking brunette, Ardath Benge, met him at the pier where the Laffey was docked and offered to show him the city.
At the Battle for Okinawa, the Laffey survived a brutal kamikaze attack and was returned to Seattle, Wash., for repairs.
Navy in June 1943 and served as a gunner’s mate aboard the USS Laffey during the D-Day campaign and later in the Pacific. He graduated from Mannington High School in 1942. Bob was born April 10, 1924, in Shirley to Ivan and Mary Karr and grew up near Mannington with his older sister, Kathleen “Kitty,” and younger sister, Virginia “Corky.” Bob, in his youth, loved to hunt, trap and fish. Robert Irving Karr, 87, passed away Thursday (June 9, 2011) at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash.
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