Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post Cincinnati OH 3/24/2010 STURZENBERGER Otto Peter, passed away March 20, 2010 at Twin Lakes of Montgomery, age 85. Husband of Alice (nee Schreiner); father of Susan (Jeffrey) Berman, Carol Sturzenberger, Doris Sturzenberger (Andrew Jones), and Ann Russell. Grandfather of Hugh Jones. Born in Germany, he served in the German Navy in World War II and emigrated to the U.S. in 1952. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Indiana University in 1959. As a longtime research dentist at Procter & Gamble, he was instrumental in the development of oral health products. He also conducted a private dental practice in Mt. Washington. Services private, at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, condolences may be expressed through remembrances to the Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 or to the charity of one's choice. Please share your condolences and memories at www.craver-riggs.com. Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post Cincinnati OH 3/28/2010 Otto Sturzenberger went from U-boat to P&G Once a German prisoner in an American POW camp, Otto Sturzenberger eventually made a home in America and a career at Procter & Gamble, where he would help develop Crest toothpaste. After serving on a German submarine in World War II that was sunk in the English Channel, he returned to Germany to earn a dentistry degree, marry and start a family. Five years after the war, though, the German economy was so bad he immigrated to Cincinnati, where he fulfilled his version of the American Dream, working for Procter & Gamble, opening a part-time dental practice and packing his family into the car for summer trips to American tourist destinations. Sturzenberger died March 20 after a long illness. He was 85. After Sturzenberger's U-boat was sunk, he spent the remainder of World War II in a prisoner of war camp. "He didn't talk about the war," his daughter, Susan Berman, said from her Los Angeles home. He went to dental school, earned a degree and married Alice Schreiner. Susan was born before he decided to start the American part of his life. "My father came to the United States in 1952 with my mother and myself," Berman said. "He couldn't find work. Germany was in chaos." Alice Sturzenberger's parents first came to the United States as displaced persons after the war, sponsored by a Clifton church. Her parents, in turn, brought Otto, Alice and Susan Sturzenberger to Cincinnati. "At that point in time, it was really the only option available to them. The conditions in Europe after the war, especially in Germany, were abysmal," Berman said of bombed-out buildings and infrastructure. Being pragmatic, he assessed the family's situation and decided to move to America, she said. "He was cut-and-dried, a real science guy," his daughter said. "He was a real German." After 1952, she said, he became a stereotypical American. Because his German dental degree wasn't recognized here, he returned to school to get another dentistry degree in 1959 from Indiana University. He also worked for Procter & Gamble for more than four decades, serving as a research dentist. "He helped develop Crest toothpaste," she said. He also operated a part-time dental practice in Mount Washington His Americanization was complete with summer car trips with the family to sight-see. "We were just a normal family," his daughter said. They lived in Milford. After the children were grown, Otto and Alice Sturzenberger moved to Sharonville until he moved to the Montgomery assisted living facility. In addition to his daughter, Susan, he is survived by his wife and daughters Carol Sturzenberger, Doris Sturzenberger and Ann Russell. His body was cremated. Services have been held. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242, or the charity of choice.