Anita Beth Orwig

Anita Beth Orwig, 93, of Sarasota FL, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017, as her home. Born Anita Beth George on September 24, 1924, in New Underwood SD, she was the daughter of the late Ivan and Verna George. She is survived by her two loving sons Scott Orwig (Bradenton, FL) and Lance B. Orwig (Bethesda, MD). She was the sole proprietor of Orwig Oil Company, which her husband Charles A. Orwig founded in 1965 in Logan, Ohio. Anita grew up on a South Dakota wheat farm with her parents and older sister, Marjorie. She used to reminisce how she rode a horse to one-room school house while she was growing up. As the Great Depression worsened, her father decided to move the family to Los Angeles California, where Anita attended Hollywood High School. Once she finished school she went to work for Lockheed during the early years of WWII. After the war, she met Chuck at a dance at the LA Palladium and ultimately married in 1957. Chuck moved the family to Logan, Ohio, in November of 1966, which was where his new company oil company was located. Anita raised her two boys while being active in local politics related to raising bond issue funds for the local school board. The Orwig family moved to Sarasota in the fall of 1976 and became members of the Bird Key Yacht Club sometime later. Anita loved the arts and was herself an avid painter of portraits and still life subjects. She was very active in many of the local area performing arts as well. She dearly loved the Sarasota Ballet Company, the Sarasota Opera and Asolo Theater, where she was a season ticket holder for some 35 years. Anita also loved to travel and made many trips around the world with her family and friends. After Chuck passed away in July 1998, Anita became the sole proprietor of the family business until her death. A viewing service will be held at Toale Brothers Funeral Home at 40 North Orange Avenue in Sarasota, on Tuesday December 12th, between 6:00 to 8:00 pm. There will also be a funeral service in the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church, at 2050 Oak Street in Sarasota, on Wednesday the 13th at 1:00 pm.

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Anita Beth Orwig

September 24, 1924 - December 9, 2017