Starcher, Harold E.

Passed: 1985-11-10

Age: 85 y

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Death Notice: 1985-11-14

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Information:                                                                               Death Claims Ex-Postmaster   Former Ripley postmaster Harold E. Starcher, 85, died Sunday afternoon following a lengthy illness.  He was pronounced dead at Jackson General Hospital, having been transported there by a county ambulance from his Oakview Terrace residence.   The former civic leader was a native of Ripley, the son of the late Homer and Mamie Crow Starcher.   He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, where he had served as Senior Warden.  He was the first presdient of the Jackson County Board of Education, past president of the Ripley Rotary Club, and a member of the Masonic Lodge AF&AM 16 of Ripley.   He was a former school teacher in Jackson and Logan counties.   He was a graduate of Randolph Macon Military Academy and West Virginia University where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.  Mr. Starcher is survived by his wife, Margaret McIntosh Starcher; one son, Harold E. Starcher, Jr of Ripley; two grandchildren, Mark Starcher of Alexandria, Va., and Ann Starcher, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at St. John's Episcopal Church, Ripley, with the Rev. Christopher Thompson officiating.  Burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery at Ripley.   Vail Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.