Edward Kingman Eberhart, 91, of Wooster, passed away Friday, April 18, 2025 at West View Healthy Living. He was born October 19, 1933 in Pittsburg, PA the son of Prof. E. Kingman Eberhart and Lola Grace Eberhart. On June 4, 1953 he married Mary V. Munger, who survives.

Ed was adventurous. He was an Eagle Scout. He loved to travel. From a very early age he wanted to circumnavigate the globe and set foot on all seven continents. He accomplished both. He and Mary took many cruises and enjoyed traveling together, although he took the world cruise on his own. In 1952 he and three other young men traveled in a hearse named “Ava” from Wooster to Fairbanks, Alaska, via the gravel Al-Can Highway. They built four bunkbeds in the back and while one of them was driving, the other three could be sleeping. All four spent the summer working various jobs to earn money for college. Ed worked for a gold mine dredging operation. Fifty years later, on his own, he retraced their route on the paved Al-Can Highway. He rafted down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon eight times and sponsored children and grandchildren so they could also experience the sanctuary and beauty of the Canyon. Ed and Mary imparted a love of travel to their children. Every summer the family piled into the station wagon and traveled somewhere for two weeks. Many summers were spent in a cabin in New Hampshire on Lake Pemigewasset near Lake Winnipesaukee.

He was a 1951 graduate of Wooster High School, a 1955 graduate of The College of Wooster and received his JD degree in 1960 from the University of Chicago Law School. After graduation he moved back to Wooster and joined the Funk and Funk law firm, (later Funk, Funk and Eberhart). He served as Wooster City Solicitor for several years. In 1968 he was appointed judge of the Wooster Municipal Court, serving in that capacity for 7 years. He then joined the law firm of Kaufman, Eberhart, Cicconetti and Kennedy, retiring in 1996. He served two years in the US Army. He was stationed in Germany for part of that time and he and Mary were able to travel in Europe.

He was a member of the 20-30 Club and a 61-year member of Wooster Rotary Club. He achieved the status of Paul Harris Fellow eight plus times and served as the stage manager for the Rotary Auction for many years. He officiated high school soccer for several years. He loved music, especially classical, and was a supporter of the Wooster Chamber Music Series. While judge he helped to start alcohol and drug treatment programming through what is now called One-Eighty.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Mary Ann Litchfield. He is survived by his wife, Mary, children, Elizabeth (Steve) Glick of Wooster, Patricia Miller of Wooster, Edward K. Eberhart of Bethesda, MD, and Karen (Andrew Ellison) Eberhart of East Providence, RI; grandchildren, Edward (Beth) Glick, Melissa (Logan) Dunn, Sarah Miller, Marie (Ryan) Frederick, Elias K. Eberhart, Sebastian Eberhart and Abigail Ellison; great grandchildren, Natalie Glick, Lennox Dunn and Remi Frederick; niece, Audrey Lewis.

A memorial service will be announced later.

Donations in his honor may be directed to: CAMO, 322 Westwood Avenue, Orrville, Ohio, 44667 or camo@camo.org; or to One-Eighty, 104 Spink Street, Wooster, OH 44691 or www.one-eighty.org.

Arrangements are under the direction of McIntire, Bradham & Sleek Funeral Home 216 E. Larwill St. Wooster, Ohio 44691.

Online Condolences may be posted at www.mcintirebradhamsleek.com