Calvin E. Lohr

CALVIN E. LOHR OF RAVENNA PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025.

BORN AUGUST 18, 1932 IN NEW MILFORD, OHIO, SON OF THE LATE EDWARD LOHR AND MARY (HOUGHTON) LOHR. CAL GRADUATED FROM RAVENNA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1950. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF RAVENNA.

CAL LOVED SPORTS. HE PLAYED BASKETBALL IN THE INTERMURAL LEAGUE AT THE RAVENNA ARMORY. HE WAS MANAGER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM YEARS 1948-50. ALSO, AN AVID GOLFER AND WHILE LIVING IN NEW YORK. HE WAS ACTIVE IN RETRIEVER FIELD TRIALS.

CAL ENTERED THE AIR FORCE IN JUNE 1950 AND RETIRED FEBRUARY 1, 1971 WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SARGENT. HE WAS IN STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, WORKING ON B 29'S B 36'S 47'S AND B 52’S. WHILE STATIONED AT ROME, N.Y. CAL ACQUIRED HIS PRIVATE PILOTS LICENCE AND FLEW SEVERAL FLIGHTS INTO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT TO VISIT HIS FAMILY. LATER WHILE LIVING IN ARIZONA HE RECEIVED COMMERCIAL AND INSTRUMENT TRAINING.

AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE AIR FORCE, CAL PULLED MOBILE HOMES FOR 6 1/2YRS, EVENTUALLY MOVING THE FAMILY MOBILE HOME TO TEMPE, ARIZONA WHERE HE BECAME EMPLOYED WITH MARICONA COUNTY RABIES ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION FOR 16 YEARS. WHILE IN ARIZONA, CAL BECAME AN ACTIVE MOTORCYCLE RIDER WITH THE GOLD WING RIDER’S ASSOCIATION. HE LIVED IN ARIZONA FOR 23 YEARS.

CAL MOVED BACK TO OHIO IN JULY 1998. CAL AND LAURA HAMMOND, HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND CLASSMATE OF 1950 REMAINED ACTIVE IN MOTORCYLING, BOTH IN OHIO AND AVON PARK, FL. WHERE THEY SPENT THEIR WINTERS. CAL and LAURA WERE ACTIVE FOR MANY YEARS IN MOTORCYCLE SHOW COMPETITION WINNING NUMEROUS FIRST PLACE AWARDS IN SEVERAL STATES.

CAL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EDWARD AND MARY LOHR, WIFE MARJORIE COLEMAN LOHR, SON DENNIS LEA LOHR, BROTHER JERRY LOHR AND HIS LOVE LAURA HAMMOND.

HE IS SURVIVED BY: EDWARD LEA LOHR (SON) OF GREELEY CO., CINDY FAITH (DAUGHTER) OF KNOXVILLE, TN., MARY ELLEN CARDINAL (SISTER), ROOTSTOWN, SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, HIS FAITHFUL FRIENDS SCOTT AND BRENDA FRANK AND HIS FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH FAMILY.

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025 FROM 12:30PM TO 1:30PM AT SHORTS SPICER CRISLIP FUNERAL HOME, 141 N. MERIDIAN ST. RAVENNA, OHIO 44266 FUNERAL SERVICE WILL FOLLOW AT 1:30PM WITH REV. LAURIE METZKO OFFICIATING. BURIAL WITH MILITARY HONOR WILL FOLLOW IN MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY, RAVENNA. TO SHARE A FOND MEMORY OR YOUR CONDOLENCES PLEASE VISIT WWW.SSCFUNERALHOMES.COM