Poths

The Mervin and Marilea Poths Family

            Mervin Charles Poths, son of Wilbur and Esther (Balduff) Poths, was born on July 4, 1925, and raised in Sandusky, Ohio.    He graduated from Sandusky High School and served in World War II in the Army Air Corp.  He married Marilea Joan Jamison on April 7, 1946, in Dallas County, Iowa, at the Granger United Methodist Church.   Marilea was born on November 1, 1927, in Van Meter, Iowa, the daughter of Chester and Fern Pearl (Reigle) Jamison.   

They moved to a farm near Woodburn in 1954.   Mervin owned Poths Feed and Grain in Woodburn and purchased and hauled grain for the area farmers for many years.    Mervin was a member of the Woodburn American Legion, Herndon-Oehlert Post #157 American Legion and the Lucas County Cattleman’s Association.   Marilea was a member of the Woodburn Legion Auxiliary Unit #157 and a very active member of the Woodburn Methodist Church and taught Bible school for many years.   She passed away at their home near Woodburn on January 30, 2011.    Mervin passed away  on September 14, 2012.   Their children are Sheryl and Ron.