Beverly “Nana” Ontko, 68, of Oak Harbor, died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Riverview Healthcare Campus in Oak Harbor. She was born June 20 1950, in Port Clinton, Ohio, to Alvin A. and Vera M. (Saddoris) Witt. On March 8, 1973, in Blackberry Corners, Ohio, she married David M. Ontko and he survives.
Beverly graduated in 1968 from Gettysburg High School in Pennsylvania. She worked as a nurse’s assistant at Riverview for ten years and at the Genoa Retirement Village for three years. Baptized… Read More » at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Blackberry and reaffirming her baptism at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Beverly then became a member of St. Boniface in Oak Harbor and helped with the luncheon committee.
As well as working in nursing, she was also a homemaker and caretaker for her husband, David. Her many hobbies included sewing, crocheting, canning, fishing with her husband and especially spending time with her grandchildren. Beverly was always kind to everyone and was a “mom” to everyone on the block.
In addition to her husband, David, Beverly is survived by her children: Michael (Traci) Ontko, Steven Ontko, Tina (Jarrett) Marinis and Sara (Daniel) Toris; grandchildren: James McCune, Reid Crow, William Ontko, Jessica (Jesse) Fox, Cheyenne Ontko, Darian (Adam) Smercina, Brianna Marinis, Annabelle Toris, Penelope Toris, Adaline Toris and Daniel Toris III; five great grandchildren; and all the neighborhood kids who knew her as “Mom”. She is also survived by her brothers, Randy Witt and David Sarnes, and sister, Kandy (Ed) Thurn. Beverly was preceded in death by her parents, step parents, Alvin Sarnes and Polly Witt, granddaughter, Rebecca Mackey, and brothers, Russell Witt, Steven Witt and Fred Sarnes.
Visitation will be 2-8 p.m., Friday, December 28, 2018, at Robinson-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, 165 E. Water St., Oak Harbor. A Parish Wake service will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 29, 2018, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, where the body will lie in repose one hour prior to the Mass.
Memorials for Beverly may be given to St. Boniface Catholic Church, 215 N. Church St., Oak Harbor, OH 43449; or the American Cancer Society, 740 Commerce Dr. Suite B, Perrysburg, OH 43551. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www. walkerfuneralhomes.com.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the entire staff and administration at Riverview Healthcare Campus for all their care and support, especially Station 2 Nurse Nancy and STNA Alycia for being Mom’s angels. **Due to a severe allergy in the family, we are requesting no lilies in any floral arrangements, please.
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