Obituary of Kathryn Elizabeth Wertzbaugher

Kathryn Elizabeth Wertzbaugher, age 95, passed away, Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, TN. Funeral Services are scheduled for Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 2 PM at Kucko-Anthony-Kertesz Funeral Home in Akron, Ohio with burial to follow at East Akron Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1 PM until service time. No local services are scheduled. A native of Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Edna Faye Broughton Ringer. Mrs. Wertzbaugher relocated to Tullahoma to be near her daughter. She was a staunch Republican and very active in the GOP for over fifty years. She was the first female city councilwoman in Akron in 1957. She was a precinct committeewoman, member of the Ohio Council of Republican Women and a member of the Republican Executive Committee. She was also a member of the Akron Civic Theater Women's Guild and a member of Firestone Park Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Wertzbaugher and one brother, John B. Ringer Jr. She is survived by one daughter, Janice Rayburn and her husband, John of Tullahoma; three grandchildren, Todd Rayburn and his wife, Kelly of Lake Minneola, FL, Jonathon Rayburn and his wife, Christina of Tampa, FL and Amy Creasman and her husband, Pat of Longwood, FL and eight great grandchildren, Tucker and Tanner Rayburn, Devin Uphoff, Jade and Jeremy Rayburn, Dalton and Dillon DeChristopher and Patrick Creasman Jr. Funeral services will take place on Saturday, 2pm, at the Anthony Funeral Home KUCKO-ANTHONY-KERTESZ CHAPEL, 1990 S. Main St. in Akron, where the family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at East Akron Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. (Anthony Funeral Homes, AKRON, 330.724.1281, anthonyfh.com)