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Staff: Dennis Shonebarger, Clerk

Dennis Shonebarger

The things he did for charitable causes and the Knights of Columbus are remarkable. The things he did for us at Browning & Meyer Co., LPA were innumerable.
Dennis J. Shonebarger – Denny to his friends – was honored over this weekend with a full-page ad placed in the program for the Ohio State Council of the Knights of Columbus’ 118th annual State Convention, held May 26-28 in Columbus.
Shonebarger died unexpectedly March 9, 2017, from congestive heart failure. In addition to the countless volunteer hours he put in for the Knights, he was a tremendously valuable employee of Browning & Meyer Co., and associate of managing partner Richard F. Meyer. He worked for the firm part-time as a legal clerk after his retirement from full-time work as an accountant for more than 30 years.
As the K of C State Convention wraps up today, we thought it appropriate to share the information from his tribute the larger community.

Rest on Peace, Denny. You led a wonderful life and are so fortunate to have had you in ours.

From the program for the the 118th Annual State Convention of the Ohio State Council of the Knights of Columbus:

Past State Deputy Dennis J. Shonebarger
Dennis J. Shonebarger passed away March 9, 2017.
Denny was a proud 50-year member of the Knights of Columbus and held the following positions with the
organization:
 Deputy Grand Knight Santa Maria 2898 and General Program Director – 1975-1977
 Finished #3 & #2 in State Program Contest
 Grand Knight Santa Maria 2898 – 1977-1978 – Finished #1 in the State Program Contest
 Past President of Club 2898 – 1978-1979
 District Deputy – 1979-1981 – Charles Riesbeck, State Deputy
 State Community Director – 1981-1983, Robert Sears, S.D.
 State Program Director – 1983-1985, Rocco Veneziano, S.D.
 1969 – 1978 – Santa Maria Softball team
 1969 – 2001 – Santa Maria and State Bowling Tournament
 1969 – 2013 – Santa Maria and District & State Golf Tournament
 1969-2017 – Santa Maria Tuesday Night Poker Club
 1980 – Joined Fr. William Huber/Columbus Assembly 809
Fourth Degree.
 1993-1995 – State Deputy; Positive Service was his theme 2017 – Current Financial Secretary for Father Raymond Bauschard
Council 13581.
 State Warden, State Advocate, State Treasurer, and State Secretary
Denny worked tirelessly on the Ohio State Council Charity Foundation’s Scholarship Program.

He was a longtime mentor of many of the Columbus Diocese members – too many to mention. Without his contributions over the years, the Columbus Diocese would never have achieved it status as the most consistent Diocese in Ohio in membership growth and outstanding programs for over 33 years.

Pennies from Heaven and the Charity Foundation Asset Fund are just two examples of his outstanding contributions to our Order.

His institutional knowledge of our Order on the State Council Level and the Charity Foundation level will be sorely missed by all our Officers and Members.

PDF of the full-page ad in the convention program.