Robert D. Clinger

Robert D. Clinger, age 89 of Powell, passed away on Saturday April 13, 2024 at the Sunrise of Dublin. He was preceded in death by parents Robert H. and Virginia Clinger, stepfather Robert Koch, former wife Elizabeth (Slagle) Fornshell, and wife Ann Darcey Clinger. He is survived by sister Janet Clinger of Grass Valley, CA, sons David, Scott and Randy of Columbus; daughter Melanie (Clinger) McMichael of Montgomery Village, MD; stepdaughters Kathryn McClure and Patricia Stephens; grandsons Cole Clinger, Curtis Clinger, Joseph Clinger, Andrew McMichael, Stephen Talbot, Stewart, Matthew and Justin Stephens; granddaughters Shelby Haworth, Elizabeth Clinger Strickland, Ellie McMichael; and great-grandchildren Dylan Scott Clinger, Aaliyah Strickland and Spencer Clinger. Robert was born in Findlay, OH, graduated from Findlay High School in 1952, and earned a BS in Journalism from Ohio University in 1956. Following service in the U.S. Air Force as a navigator/bombardier from 1956 to 1959, he spent nine years with the Public Relations Department of Columbia Gas and 28 years with the staff of the Ohio State Medical Association. Following retirement from OSMA in 1996 he worked part-time until 2007 with the Ohio Physicians Health Program in Columbus. From 1999-2009 and 2012-2014, he served as consumer representative on the Board of Ohio KePRO, the advocacy program for Medicare recipients in Ohio. He played senior softball for many years in Worthington, served as a volunteer in the Continuing Medical Education Department at OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital for 23 years. He loved following grandchildren in sports and other activities. Family will receive friends from on Saturday June 15, 2024 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Rutherford Corbin Funeral Home in Worthington where a Celebration of Robert’s Life will take place at 4:00pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions to any of the following are welcome: OhioHealth Foundation (Kobacker House), 3430 OhioHealth Pkwy., Columbus, OH 43202; Healing Art Missions, P.O. Box 645, Granville, OH 43023, dedicated to health and education of impoverished citizens of Haiti; Fisher House Foundation, 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 410, Rockville, MD 20852-1650, dedicated to serving families of hospitalized veterans with a place to stay; Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio, 711 E Livingston Ave., Columbus, OH 43205, dedicated to serving families of hospitalized children with a place to stay; Shriners Hospitals for Children, P.O. Box 150, Ranson, WV 25438-4510; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929; Samaritans' Purse (Rev. Franklin Graham), P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000; or Tunnel2Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10306.

Robert D. Clinger

September 28, 1934 - April 13, 2024