Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Lutz, Dorothy (Van Horn) October 16, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net February 25, 2012, 4:12 pm The Piqua Daily Call Dorothy E. Lutz, 91, of Piqua, formerly of DeGraff, died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at the residence of her son. Dorothy was born July 13, 1915, to the late Edward and Frances (Ward) Van Horn. She married Erman (Curly) Lutz on Jan. 12, 1939, in Winchester, Ind. and he preceded her in death in 1964. Surviving is one son and daughter-in-law, John and Rita Lutz of Piqua; three grandchildren, Jessica Lutz, Johnny Lutz and Amy Brown, all of Piqua; and three great-grandchildren, Bayli Howard, Shania Brown and Chloe Brown, all of Piqua. She was preceded in death by one sister, Ruth Sharer and one brother, Ward Lutz. Dorothy graduated from Rosewood High School in 1933. She was a member of The Order of the Eastern Star Urbana, Chapter 530, where she was inducted Jan. 11,1945. In 1946, she was appointed as Esther; in 1948, she was appointed as Marshal; in 1949, she was Associate Conductress; in 1950, she was Conductress; in 1951, she was Associate Matron; in 1952, Worthy Matron; and in 1956, Deputy Grand Matron. Dorothy retired from Copeland Corp. in Sidney in 1980, as an inspector. Dorothy studied with Dr. Herbert J. Rinkle, M.D. of Kansas City, Mo. in 1957, and worked for Dr. F.R Grogan, M.D. in Urbana for many years as secretary and technician. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Myrtle Tree Cemetery in St. Paris. Arrangements are being handled by Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/l/lutz1279gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb