Esther R. Roth

Esther Ruth Lavy Roth, of Ansonia, Ohio, was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 78 years old. Esther was first and foremost a devout Christian. She had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and relied on Him for her salvation. She has been reunited with Christ and will spend eternity praising Him.

Esther was born on December 12, 1947 in Delphi, Indiana and moved to Ohio when she was 10. She graduated from Arcanum High School in 1966 and attended Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College. Some of her earliest childhood memories were riding in a horse-drawn buggy and her family buying their first car. She enjoyed photography, decorating cakes, genealogy, sewing, crocheting, and cooking. She made the best pies and jams and loved tending to her vegetable garden with her grandkids and husband.

Esther had a fiery spirit and loved to laugh. She was incredibly hardworking and devoted to her family. She loved family reunions and playing card games around the kitchen table on holidays. She enjoyed driving tractors and helping her husband on the farm. She will be remembered for her faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Daniel Israel Lavy and Sylvia Elizabeth Graybill Lavy, and her sister Barbara Kay Lavy.

She is survived by many loved ones including:

Her loving husband of 34 years, Gary A. Roth; her children – Dawn M. Strait (Douglas), John R. Arbogast (Lynna), and Brian G. Arbogast (Hannah); her grandchildren – Amanda J. Arbogast, Jessica L. Arbogast, Kaylee M. Brigman (Conner), Kara M. Arbogast, Kaitlyn A. Black (Forrest), Andrew D. Strait, Kirsten N. Strait, Kara E. Trissel (Wyatt), Micah G. Arbogast, and Julia L. Arbogast; and her great-grandchildren – RyLee J. Judy, Wyatt S. Judy, Kaysen R. Judy, Axton K. Dillman, Olivia A. Ferguson, Andrew C. L. Ferguson, Conner J. Trissel, Lilian Black, Felicity Black, Maddock Black, Isley C. Klingshirn, and Alexandria E. Brigman, her siblings – David J. Lavy (Shirley), Helen M. Shoemaker (John), Jane A. Rousch (Harry), Francis L. Lee (Larry), Glen E. Lavy (Rebecca), Sheila F. Hochstetler (Manass), and Patricia E. Anderson; her sister-in-law Penny King (Rufus) and numerous nieces and nephews.

She will be missed by all of her loved ones, but those who are in Christ look forward to being reunited with her in eternity one day.

2 Corinthians 5:6-9 “Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord – for we walk by faith, not by sight – we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore, we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.”

A memorial service will be held for her at Bible Fellowship Church, 7757 Greenville-Celina Rd. Greenville, OH 45331, on May 9, 2026. The viewing will start at 9am and the funeral will begin at 11am. Interment will follow at Teegarden Cemetery. 

Memorial contributions may be given to EverHeart Hospice, 1350 N. Broadway Street, Greenville, Ohio 45331. 

Online condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www.tributefuneralhomes.com.