Auglaize County, Ohio

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Spieler

First Name: August Joseph, Jr. "Bud"

Father's Name: Bertha Pulskamp

Mother's Maiden Name: Catherine Knisley, Louise

Spouse's Name: Dec 18, 2000

Death Date: Dec 18, 2000

Cause of Death:

Death Location: St. Marys, Auglaize County OH

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: August Joseph "Bud" Spieler Jr., 85, St. Marys, died at 6:18 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital. He was born May 25, 1915, at the family home in Celina, the fifth child and first son of August Joseph and Bertha (Pulskamp) Spieler. On June 23, 1979, he married his second wife, Louise, who survives. He was previously married to Catherine Knisley of Lima. Other survivors include a son, Joe (Carolyn) Spieler of New York; two sisters, Mary Kay Wilson of Boston and Madge Niemer of Cincinnati; a stepson, James A. Cassel; a stepdaughter, Donna Stephan; a grandson, August Joseph Spieler of Centerville, Va.; a granddaughter, Courtney Cranston Spieler Kolb of London, England; two step granddaughters, Angel Cassel Johnson and Sonja Cassel; a step-grandson, James A. Cassel Jr.; three great-grandchildren, August Joseph Spieler and Hayley Johanna Kolb and three step-great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Johnson, Lauren Johnson and Daniel Cassel. He was preceded in death by a son, David, who died Dec. 18, 1995; six sisters, Betty, Eva, Rosemary, Anita, Margie and Virginia and a brother, Luke. Mr. Spieler attended grammar school at Immaculate Conception in Celina and graduated from Celina Catholic High School in 1933. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Miami University in Oxford, graduating in 1937. After college he served in World War II as an officer in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. He returned to Celina to work in his father's business, the Celina Stearic Acid Co. He was later president of the company. Prior to his retirement, he provided accounting and tax services to local businesses and organizations. Mr. Spieler was a member of the Republican State Central and Executive Committee of Ohio from the Fourth Congressional District in the 1950s He was also active for many years in the Lions Clubs of Celina and Lima and other civic organizations. He lived in Lima from 1958 to 1970. A Memorial Mass was held Wednesday at the Holy Rosary Caholic Church in St. Marys in the Rev. David Heinl officiating. Memorials may be directed to the Leukemia Foundation.

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