Charlotte Smalley Ricard 112 Woodward Avenue Celina, OH 45822 567-510-5039 419-953-2758 dricard@roadrunner.com
Spouse:
Don Ricard ‘62
Children:
Andrew, Jonathan, Joseph (deceased), Rachel, Sarah
Grandchildren:
Todd (Karie), Katherine, Jessica, Colleen, Emerson, Alexandra, Gabriel, Robert and Samantha Ricard; Anne Charlotte and Benjamin Hertenstein, Stephen (Kristine), Dillon and Matthew Hunter Ruby Ricard
Great-Grandchild:
My Otterbein experience began at Celina High School in 1957 when Joanne Van Sant visited our school with her presentation of Otterbein College. Connie Hellwarth Leonard and I listened and decided later that we would attend our church related college. Don Ricard, my Otterbein Sweetheart and I were married in December 1961, during my junior year. We lived at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH and I taught second grade for a year with a provisional certificate before our son, Andrew, was born. Don finished his work there and was ordained in 1965.
Our first parsonage home was north of Van Wert, OH in the small village of Scott. Don became the pastor of two country churches and I helped with the music and Bible school. Jonathan and Joseph upped our numbers to a family of 5. Our next assignment was in Rawson, OH, near Findlay after which we felt the need to put down some roots. We began living in our own home at Camp St. Marys in 1973. This campground later became Otterbein – St. Marys, a retirement community on Grand Lake St. Marys. We were a family of seven now with the addition of Rachel and Sarah. We lived there for 13 years while Don pastored churches in Mercer County and had his own business of home renovation. I worked for the Auglaize County Council on Aging and a local nursing home before going back to our stomping grounds at the OSM Retirement Community as a resident assistant for 9 years.