"I complained sometimes about the hassle, but he always enjoyed it," Martha O'Hare said Monday. "He liked everything about being the mayor - the challenge, the activity." Charles O'Hare, 73, died Sunday at The Ohio State Medical Center after battling a number of health issues since November. O'Hare served as mayor of Carroll for 25 years. "It was a vicious cycle," Martha O'Hare said of illnesses that landed her husband in hospitals for seven weeks. "Every time he moved ahead, something else would come up. It just wore him out." Larry Craig, president of Carroll's village council, will serve as acting mayor for O'Hare's two remaining years. Craig and O'Hare were friends for more than 20 years. The two worked together as emergency medical technicians at the Greenfield Township Fire Department decades ago. "He gave his heart and soul to the village of Carroll when it came to making things as good as he could," Craig said. "He worked diligently at getting grants for the village and keeping it moving along in the right direction." In addition to serving as mayor for a quarter century, O'Hare was the father of three children and had five grandchildren. ";He was a good husband, a good father and a good grandfather," Martha said. "He especially liked the grandkids. He had a soft touch with them. They could get pretty much what they wanted from him." Services were at Shalom United Methodist Church in Carroll. " A lot of people liked him, and an equal amount probably didn't like him," Martha O'Hare said. "He was very passionate abut his job and his community. He did what he thought was right for the village. He had a lot of energy for projects that helped the village. He did everything 100 percent."