Lloyd E. Herrington, age 83, of Colon, Michigan, and a longtime resident of the Bryan, Ohio, area, died at 2:50 P.M. on Thursday, September 21, 2017, at Laurels of Coldwater in Coldwater, Michigan, after an extended illness. Mr. Herrington was a 1953 graduate of Edgerton High School and saw the world during his eight years of service in the United States Navy Seabees, six months of which were served in the Antarctic. He became a police officer and served on the Bryan City Police Department for eighteen years, rising to the rank of sergeant with an expertise in fingerprint identification. From there he was employed by Strydel in Stryker, Ohio, as maintenance manager, retiring with twenty years of service. In retirement he continued to stay busy in real estate sales with Carlin Company and working at the Montpelier auto auction. He also taught machining at Four County Career Center for six years. Lloyd was active in his community, serving as a Williams County Sheriff Department Special Deputy for many years, and as an assistant Boy Scout leader in Bryan. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where he served as an usher, Bryan Moose Lodge #1064, Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233, the Williams County Conservation League and Trapshooters, the NRA, where he was a Life and Endowment member, and assisted his wife with the Division of Wildlife Hunter Education courses for many years. He and his wife also enjoyed working at Camp Perry during the National Small Bore Rifle matches for fifteen years. Lloyd began his sixty-year Masonic life with Edgerton Masonic Lodge #357 F&AM and would later transfer to Bryan Lodge #215 F&AM, serving as Master of the Lodge six times; was a member and Past High Priest of Northwest Chapter #45, R.A.M,; was a member and Past Illustrious Master of Bryan Council#101, R. & S.M. of Ohio; was a member and Past Commander of Bryan Commandery #74 Knights Templer, and the Knight York Cross of Honor for twenty years, the Bryan Commandery Drill Team; was a member of Zenobia Shrine in Toledo, Ohio, the Zenobia Hillbillies and Zenobia Shrine Legion of Honor, of which he was a past Commander, and had served as personal assistant to Potentate Robert Secoy in 2011; was a member of he Ancient Scottish Rite, Valley of Toledo, and the Northwest Shrine Club in Williams County, where he Past President. He was also a member and Past Patron of Bryan Chapter #284 Order of the Eastern Star and had served as Grand Aide to the Worthy Grand Matron and Bryan American Legion Post #284 and the American Legion Riders. He also enjoyed playing golf, with memberships at Riverside Greens in Stryker and Suburban Golf Course in Bryan.
Lloyd E. Herrington was born on May 20, 1934, in Montpelier, Ohio, the son of Howard and Dessa I. (Harrington ) Herrington. He married his wife of nearly sixty years, Phyllis M. Moore, on February 1958, and she survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife are one daughter, Helen (Lester) Quimby, of Colon, Michigan; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Rita Jean Anderson, of Auburn, Indiana; and a daughter-in-law, Janice Herrington, of Sherwood, Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Harold Herrington and Alden (Skeeter) Harvey; and a son, Harry Allen Herrington, in 2009.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, from 3:00-8:00 P.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan, Ohio. Masonic services will be conducted at 7:30 P.M. in the funeral home, followed by Eastern Star services at 8:00 P..M. Services will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, Bryan, with Pastor Dwight Bowers officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Edgerton, with grave side military rites conducted by Bryan American Legion Post #284.
Memorials are requested to Shriners Hospitals for Children.
