Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Monday, March 3, in the Haller Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Ott officiating. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family in Springbank Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 2-4 & 6-8pm at Haller Funeral Home.
Herbie was born February 5, 1948, in Ross County to the late Warren Joseph and Annabelle Clark Retherford. On September 21, 1968, he married the former Barbara Jo Boothe, who survives.
Also surviving are his daughter and son-in-law Elizabeth Ann (Michael) White, Waverly; son and daughter-in-law Jason Michael (Melissa) Retherford, Ashville, OH; grandchildren Ian Michael White; and Mallory Jo Retherford; sister and brother-in-law Debbie (John) Hopkins, Waverly; brothers and sisters-in-law Mark (Patty) Retherford, Chillicothe; and Andy (Charmine) Retherford, Logan, OH; his mother-in-law and father-in-law Frank (Mary)Boothe, Chillicothe; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a nephew Jeremy Hopkins; maternal grandmother Oma E. Clark; and paternal grandparents Joe and Mae Retherford.
Herbie graduated from Huntington High School, Class of 1966. He was currently working as the Caretaker of the Ross County Fairgrounds. He had worked as a printer around the Chillicothe area for over 40 years and also as a driver for Haller Ambulance Service. He was a member of the Eagles Aerie 600 and the Navy Petty Officers. He was an avid fisherman and also enjoyed bowling.
Karen's Thoughts on Herbie.....
Herbie was my good friend...I had known him for 34 years. I worked with him at Zane Commercial Printing in Kingston, Ohio Herbie was a jokester...I remember him putting a can of open sardines in Neil's mom's car (she worked there too) and she didn't find it for a week, but she smelled it for a month...When the plant went out of business I think her went to Craftsman & I went to Webb's. Then I worked for Printex The advertiser & The Ross County Paper....and I know he worked for Webbs & First Capital... I really don't know the order...It was funny...all the same people just hop from Print shop to print shop.... It's in your blood...
I was so surprised when I rolled into the fairgrounds and there was Herbie with a big ole grin on his face...just like always.. He was a little older & a little fatter I was a little older & a little Fatter...Makes for better hugs...Herbie & Barb were really good to us during the years at New Beginnings. He would get out there & move those bleachers anywhere I wanted them ....If I changed my mind....& didn't like it ...He move them again....he'd just shake his head...
Herbie was a good guy... I can say that he never said anything out of line to me in all the years that I knew him. I really respected him for that...I didn't know Barb that well but I knew she was a good woman to him...He loved her & his kids. you could tell by the gleam in his eyes & the smile on his face when he talked about them. Anyway he was a treasure I'll never forget! Hopefully we'll cross paths again in heaven.