Amrhein’s household mentioned all through his many years as a automotive vendor, he grew to become a companion with the corporate and a pillar in the neighborhood.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Denny Amrhein, a beloved and acquainted face to many Toledoans and northwest Ohioans out there for a automotive, died in a single-vehicle crash on Dec. 2.
Amrhein began his profession as a automotive vendor on the former Papenhagen Oldsmobile on West Central Avenue in Toledo, the place he grew to become one of many highest-selling Oldsmobile sellers within the nation throughout his 12-year tenure.
He then grew to become a Ford vendor in Wauseon earlier than transferring to Grogan’s Towne Dodge in west Toledo in 1990. He was the proprietor of Grogan’s Towne Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram and Charlie’s Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram in Maumee for the final a number of years.
Amrhein’s household mentioned all through his many years as a automotive vendor, he grew to become a companion with the corporate and a pillar in the neighborhood.
“Regardless of the place he went, he knew any individual,” his son, Denny Amrhein Jr, mentioned. “You might go to a gasoline station, he knew any individual. You might go right down to the grocery retailer, he knew any individual. It is good to see how huge of an affect he was on the group and a optimistic one he was as properly.”
Who was Denny Amrhein to his household? Based on them, he was a person who stood by a code: household, work, group, sports activities and horses.
“I imply there was a listing of issues that he in all probability had in an order however household all the time got here first,” Amrhein Jr mentioned.
After Amrhein handed, his household began listening to tales that they had by no means heard from folks that they had by no means met. They take satisfaction in realizing that the household man they knew was the identical beneficiant and infectiously completely satisfied particular person the group he served knew.
His daughter, Valerie Valentine, mentioned the group coming collectively to recollect him via “phenomenal tales” touches her coronary heart.
The recollections that left Amrhein’s daughter speechless are these of him lending vehicles to households who wanted to get to docs’ visits or to get their children someplace. His daughter believes not many individuals on this world would try this.
His granddaughter, Taylor Webb, mentioned his smile made everybody really feel completely satisfied.
“I by no means heard him complain, by no means heard him say something a few unhealthy day. He was all the time so optimistic,” she mentioned. Everybody in the neighborhood all the time noticed him smiling … that is what I’ll bear in mind.”
Amrhein did varied charitable acts for the Toledo group, whether or not it was giving to the College of Toledo, native excessive colleges, the Walleye hockey staff or the annual Jeep Fest. His household hopes to maintain listening to from the group and to proceed to provide again.
