Stephen A. Compher

  Stephen A. Compher, 67, of Chillicothe, passed away 6:10 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2020 at O.S.U. Wexner Medical Center as the result of covid complications.

     He was born June 13, 1953, in Chillicothe to the late Dale and Blanche Cook Compher.  On November 9, 1971 he married the former Kathy Lancaster who survives.

     Also surviving are three daughters, Kelly Rider and fiancé Matthew Michael, Stephanie (Josh) Dennis, Ryann (Rodney) Cockrell, all of Chillicothe; grandchildren, Caleb Hardesty, Dylan Rider, Reid Michael and Sidney Michael, Paige Walls, Alaynna Alexander, Phoebe and Gage Cockrell and a special grandson, Cooper Coffee; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Trudy and Randy Cade, of Chillicothe; a sister, Neoma Bland, of Goldsboro, NC and numerous nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by father, Dale Compher; mother, Blanche Sommers; brothers, Dale Compher Jr., Ronald Earley and sister Gloria Jean Newland; sister-in-law and brothers-in-law, Jane and Bub Sickels, Brenda and Gregg Graves and sister-in-law, Connie Minney.

     Stephen was an employee of Kenworth Trucking Company and a former employee of RCA/Thomson C.E.  He was an avid Chillicothe Cavaliers Fan. The stems of Stephen’s compassion did not know a stranger.  He was kind, humorous and giving to every heart he touched in his lifetime.  He crossed a lot of paths and never failed to form a special place in everyone’s heart, regardless of the duration you knew him.  He was an luminous soul who lit up every room he walked in with his charismatic and entertaining personality but, the root of his compassion was truly his family.  Stephen was a family motivated man with an unmeasurable amount of love for his wife, daughters and grandchildren.  The love he had for his family never ceased to be anything other than dedicated, unconditional, and imperishable.  He was the definition of a self-sacrificing man who devoted his lifetime to the furnishing of a family filled to the brim with love and laughter.

     Private funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2021 in the WARE FUNERAL HOME followed by a public burial for friends and family in Greenlawn Cemetery approximately 3 p.m. with Lou Watson officiating.  The family request masks be worn.  There will be no public calling hours.

     You may sign his online register at www.warefh.com

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