Thursday, February 03, 2000
Road name carries memory
Edington was Wyoming volunteer
BY SARA J. BENNETT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
WYOMING — Folks remember Robert Edington as a lifetime resident whose love for the city led him to donate countless hours of service.
Mr. Edington died in April at age 63, but his memory lives on in a city street that now bears his name.
Recreation Drive in the Rolling Hills condominium complex is now known as Edington Drive.
The city renamed the street at the request of Rolling Hills officials who wanted to commemorate the 10 years Mr. Edington spent on the complex's board of directors.
True public servant
But the honor goes far beyond that, Mayor David Savage said. Mr. Edington's volunteer resume included the Wyoming Board of Education, working with Wyoming's Planning Commission and Economic Development Committee, and acting as attorney for the fire department and life squad.
“Although he wasn't an elected official, he was a public servant in the truest sense of the word,” Mr. Savage said. “Once the folks from Rolling Hills came to us and said, "We'd like to change the name of this street to remember and honor Bob Edington,' it was an easy decision.”
News of the street renaming came as a surprise to Mr. Edington's daughter, who lives in the city.
“He was a wonderful man,” Jill Edington said. “He cared so much about Wyoming and all the people that live here. Everywhere I go, somebody mentions his name and what he did for them.”
Mr. Edington grew up in Wyoming, his daughter said. After working as a lawyer in downtown Cincinnati for nearly 30 years, he opened a private practice in Wyoming in 1990.
"People-oriented'
A dedicated alumnus of Wyoming schools, he helped form the Wyoming High School Alumni Association.
“He was very dynamic, very people-oriented,” Jill Edington said. “He was very easy to talk to, and he was just an incredible man.”
No one lives on Edington Drive, which runs to Rolling Hills' recreation complex, so no one faced the inconvenience of changing an address.
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