Information courtesy
of Roger Hopkins 7
Sept 2007
Piqua Daily Call
Piqua, Miami Co.,
Ohio
Thursday, 6 September
2007
Donald A. Bertling
Donald A. Bertling,
83, of 901 Maple St., Piqua, died at 11:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4,
2007, in Upper Valley
Medical Center.
He was born June 18, 1924, in Piqua to the
late George and Alice ( C r o n ) Bertling.
He
married Mary Costello who
preceded him in death in 1959. He then married Charlotte J.
(Williams) Frigge, who also preceded him in death Nov. 29, 1990.
Survivors include a special friend, Mary
Catherine Grimes; two sons, John (Ann)
Frigge of Troy and Tom
(Becky) Frigge of Hawaii; four daughters, Connie
(Guy)
Selsor of Columbus, Patty
(Doug) Kiser of Youngstown, Lucy (Roger)Motten
of Casper,
Wyoming, and Betsy
(Curt) South of Piqua; 15 grandchildren, J.J. (Lisa) Frigge,
Katie
Frigge and her fiance Doug Curnes, Sean Selsor, Cathy (Kevin) Foos, Doug
Kiser,
Donald Andrew Kiser,
David (Trina) Kiser, Woody Motten, Matt Motten, Adrienne Tisher,
Brendan Tisher, Corinne Tisher, Cassi South, Sue (Wayne) Pope, and Tom (Nike)
Cromes;
17 great-grandchildren; a great-great- grandchild; and a brother, Alan E.
(Norma) Bertling of
Dayton.
He was preceded in death by a daughter,
Sally Cromes; a granddaughter, Kathy Selsor;
grandson, Tom Frigge Jr.; a brother, Dr. Marion Bertling;
and two sisters, Mary Hughes
and Dorothea Bertling.
Mr. Bertling was
a 1943 graduate of Piqua Central High School. His career began
as the manager of the Brad
Theater of Bradford in the 1940s. He opened Bertling
T.V.
and Appliance store in
1949, then joined Jackson Instrument Co. of Dayton as a
quality control manager and
assisted in the development of color television testing equipment.
Later he joined
Christians T.V. and Appliances as the service manager. In 1964, he was hired
by Valley Antenna
Systems (Piqua CATV) as chief engineer and program director. He was a
founding member of the Ohio
Cable Television Association, a member of the National Cable
Television
Association and a charter member of the Society of Cable Television Engineers
having served on its Board
of Directors. Central Cable purchased Valley Antenna
Systems and appointed
Don the advertising sales manager.
Later, Time-Warner purchased
Central Cable Co.,
allowing Don to semi-retire staying with the company to handle
the sales and
programming for Channel 13 until his full retirement in 2006 that followed
42 years in the cable
television business.
Civically, he served as past president of
the Piqua Area Jaycees and received their
Outstanding Community
Service Award in 1985. He was active with the Piqua
Area Chamber of
Commerce, chairman of its tourist and travel committee, was past
president of the Piqua
Historical Museum, active member of the Piqua Kiwanis
Club, where he was
distinguished as Kiwanian of the Year in 2002, an
active member
of Greene Street United
Methodist Church, where he served on most of its committees
including the bicentennial
committee, also serving as chairman of the trustees, and
staff-parish committee. He served
as an adviser for the construction of the new Piqua
High School, and for
the TVElectronics Departments of both the Upper
Valley Joint
Vocational School and
Edison Community College. Don loved to play penny-ante
poker and remained as the
only living original member of the Monday Night Busy Boys
Poker Club, which
began in 1942, when he was still in high school.
His funeral service will be conducted at
10:30 a.m. Saturday in Greene Street
United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Lisa C. Ellison officiating. Burial will follow
in Forest Hill
Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Friday in
the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home,
where a 6 p.m. Kiwanis
service will be conducted. Additionally, the family will
receive friends from
9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Greene St. United Methodist Church,
415 W. Greene St.,
Piqua, OH 45356, Piqua Kiwanis Club, P. O. Box 738, Piqua, OH
45356, or ones favorite
charity.
Condolences to the family also may be
expressed through
www.jamiesonandyannucci.com
<http://www.jamiesonandyannucci.com>.
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