The Akron Beacon Journal
Sunday, February 8, 1981
Page 8
Lester L. Braucher the little boy who used to play hooky when he attended New Berlin High School and grew up to be the council clerk in North Canton is dead at 82. Mr. Braucher died Saturday at Canton Aultman Hospital.
He often told friends that he ran for village clerk in 1928 after a friend suggested he "run for dog catcher or something." But it was the clerk's job he held until he retired in 1972. Mr. Braucher and his wife, the former Mary Warburton, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Tuesday. "He was the most wonderful man ever born," Mrs. Braucher said. "I have a lot of wonderful memories."
SOME HIGH SCHOOL boys, including Mr. Braucher, once played hooky while they were attending high school in New Berlin, which was renamed North Canton in 1918 because of anti-German sentiment during World War I. Their principal, looking out a window in the school belfry, saw them walking away from the school.
The next day, the principal sent the boys home with orders to get written excuses from their parents explaining why they were absent. Some of the students wrote their own excuses or forged notes for others. But Braucher told his mother, who wrote a note to the principal that said: "Please excuse Lester' he needed the fresh air and sunshine."
HIS HONESTY in admitting to his mother that he had not attended class exemplified an attitude he carried with him the rest of his life, said a longtime friend and neighbor, Flora Peters. "You wouldn't find a nicer, more honest man," Mrs. Peters said. "I never heard him raise his voice and he was always honest with everyone he met."
WHEN NORTH CANTON became a city in 1960, he became city council clerk and finance director.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Margaret E. Disbrow of Garrettsville; two sons, William of Tucson, Ariz., and Thomas of Mesa, Ariz.; a sister, Eva Cline, and a brother, Robert, both of North Canton; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Community Christian Church with the Rev. Jerry M. Sullivan officiating. Interment will be in North Canton Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Karlo & Son funeral home and at the church one hour before the services Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Christian Church or the North Canton Medical Clinic Foundation.
Sunday, February 8, 1981
Page 8
Lester L. Braucher the little boy who used to play hooky when he attended New Berlin High School and grew up to be the council clerk in North Canton is dead at 82. Mr. Braucher died Saturday at Canton Aultman Hospital.
He often told friends that he ran for village clerk in 1928 after a friend suggested he "run for dog catcher or something." But it was the clerk's job he held until he retired in 1972. Mr. Braucher and his wife, the former Mary Warburton, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Tuesday. "He was the most wonderful man ever born," Mrs. Braucher said. "I have a lot of wonderful memories."
SOME HIGH SCHOOL boys, including Mr. Braucher, once played hooky while they were attending high school in New Berlin, which was renamed North Canton in 1918 because of anti-German sentiment during World War I. Their principal, looking out a window in the school belfry, saw them walking away from the school.
The next day, the principal sent the boys home with orders to get written excuses from their parents explaining why they were absent. Some of the students wrote their own excuses or forged notes for others. But Braucher told his mother, who wrote a note to the principal that said: "Please excuse Lester' he needed the fresh air and sunshine."
HIS HONESTY in admitting to his mother that he had not attended class exemplified an attitude he carried with him the rest of his life, said a longtime friend and neighbor, Flora Peters. "You wouldn't find a nicer, more honest man," Mrs. Peters said. "I never heard him raise his voice and he was always honest with everyone he met."
WHEN NORTH CANTON became a city in 1960, he became city council clerk and finance director.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Margaret E. Disbrow of Garrettsville; two sons, William of Tucson, Ariz., and Thomas of Mesa, Ariz.; a sister, Eva Cline, and a brother, Robert, both of North Canton; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Community Christian Church with the Rev. Jerry M. Sullivan officiating. Interment will be in North Canton Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Karlo & Son funeral home and at the church one hour before the services Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Christian Church or the North Canton Medical Clinic Foundation.
The Akron Beacon Journal
Sunday, February 8, 1981
Page 8
Lester L. Braucher the little boy who used to play hooky when he attended New Berlin High School and grew up to be the council clerk in North Canton is dead at 82. Mr. Braucher died Saturday at Canton Aultman Hospital.
He often told friends that he ran for village clerk in 1928 after a friend suggested he "run for dog catcher or something." But it was the clerk's job he held until he retired in 1972. Mr. Braucher and his wife, the former Mary Warburton, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Tuesday. "He was the most wonderful man ever born," Mrs. Braucher said. "I have a lot of wonderful memories."
SOME HIGH SCHOOL boys, including Mr. Braucher, once played hooky while they were attending high school in New Berlin, which was renamed North Canton in 1918 because of anti-German sentiment during World War I. Their principal, looking out a window in the school belfry, saw them walking away from the school.
The next day, the principal sent the boys home with orders to get written excuses from their parents explaining why they were absent. Some of the students wrote their own excuses or forged notes for others. But Braucher told his mother, who wrote a note to the principal that said: "Please excuse Lester' he needed the fresh air and sunshine."
HIS HONESTY in admitting to his mother that he had not attended class exemplified an attitude he carried with him the rest of his life, said a longtime friend and neighbor, Flora Peters. "You wouldn't find a nicer, more honest man," Mrs. Peters said. "I never heard him raise his voice and he was always honest with everyone he met."
WHEN NORTH CANTON became a city in 1960, he became city council clerk and finance director.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Margaret E. Disbrow of Garrettsville; two sons, William of Tucson, Ariz., and Thomas of Mesa, Ariz.; a sister, Eva Cline, and a brother, Robert, both of North Canton; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Community Christian Church with the Rev. Jerry M. Sullivan officiating. Interment will be in North Canton Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Karlo & Son funeral home and at the church one hour before the services Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Christian Church or the North Canton Medical Clinic Foundation.
Sunday, February 8, 1981
Page 8
Lester L. Braucher the little boy who used to play hooky when he attended New Berlin High School and grew up to be the council clerk in North Canton is dead at 82. Mr. Braucher died Saturday at Canton Aultman Hospital.
He often told friends that he ran for village clerk in 1928 after a friend suggested he "run for dog catcher or something." But it was the clerk's job he held until he retired in 1972. Mr. Braucher and his wife, the former Mary Warburton, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Tuesday. "He was the most wonderful man ever born," Mrs. Braucher said. "I have a lot of wonderful memories."
SOME HIGH SCHOOL boys, including Mr. Braucher, once played hooky while they were attending high school in New Berlin, which was renamed North Canton in 1918 because of anti-German sentiment during World War I. Their principal, looking out a window in the school belfry, saw them walking away from the school.
The next day, the principal sent the boys home with orders to get written excuses from their parents explaining why they were absent. Some of the students wrote their own excuses or forged notes for others. But Braucher told his mother, who wrote a note to the principal that said: "Please excuse Lester' he needed the fresh air and sunshine."
HIS HONESTY in admitting to his mother that he had not attended class exemplified an attitude he carried with him the rest of his life, said a longtime friend and neighbor, Flora Peters. "You wouldn't find a nicer, more honest man," Mrs. Peters said. "I never heard him raise his voice and he was always honest with everyone he met."
WHEN NORTH CANTON became a city in 1960, he became city council clerk and finance director.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Margaret E. Disbrow of Garrettsville; two sons, William of Tucson, Ariz., and Thomas of Mesa, Ariz.; a sister, Eva Cline, and a brother, Robert, both of North Canton; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Community Christian Church with the Rev. Jerry M. Sullivan officiating. Interment will be in North Canton Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Karlo & Son funeral home and at the church one hour before the services Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Christian Church or the North Canton Medical Clinic Foundation.
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