Eino Melvin Santi, 89, passed away peacefully at the Virginia Essentia Health Hospital with his family at his side on Friday, April 16, 2021, a week after a severe stroke. He was born on July 29, 1931, to Urho and Hannah (Juola) Santi in Clinton Township where he resided all of his life except for the two years he proudly served the United States Army in Korea. Eino attended grade school in Cherry, where he learned to speak English in the first grade. After serving in the Korean War, he came back home to work on the farm with his father and brother Edwin and later with his children. He hauled milk from area farms to his cousinsâ Wiinanen Dairy Plant from 1958 to 1979 when the dairy plant closed. Eino married Arlene Putikka (Zakula) in 1960 and built a home in Clinton Township where they raised their three children. Eino enjoyed working at the Cherry school as head custodian from 1975 to 1992. Cherry kids would always say hello to him even years after he retired. He served as a Clinton Township supervisor for many years, and organized the building of the first community building and the volunteer fire department which he also served as a firefighter for many years. Eino was a State Fire Warden for over 60 years and just a week before his stroke brought a burning permit over to one of his new neighbors.