Myrtle (McNutt) Brown

Myrtle (McNutt) Brown, 85, of New Philadelphia passed away March 15, 2021 at her residence under the care of Grace Hospice.

Born March 5, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Roy E. and Sylvia (Martin) McNutt.

Myrtle married her late husband, Gene Lewis Brown, on February 27, 1959 in the First Church of the Brethren at New Philadelphia.

Myrtle was a bus driver with the New Philadelphia Schools for 28 years. Then, she continued working with CDL License where she rode in the truck with the drivers while they tested for their license.

She will be remembered as an angel on earth. Myrtle was an extremely caring individual.

She is survived by her children, Rex Brown, Jeannie (Jack) Walton, Tammie (Rickie) Peterman, Debbie (John) Ward; grandchildren, Rex (Tammie) Brown, Jr., Wes Brown, Jeremy Brown, Michael Bell II, Nicole (Robin) Balie, Heather Ward, Brooke Ward, Brittany (Jalen) McCloud, Abby Ward, Angie Bosler, Tom Rothacher Jr., and Stacy Robinson; and great-grandchildren, Logan, Zoey and Owen Brown, Sebastian Guardiolia, Zuri McCloud.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Tom D. Rothacher; grandchild, Kristy Rothacher; brothers, Clyde (Norma) McNutt, Roy (Helen) McNutt, and Robert McNutt, and Ada (Ivan) Beitzel.

Visitation will be held Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home & Crematory at New Philadelphia. A service will be held in the funeral home chapel beginning at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Larry Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgecrest Memory Gardens at Dover.

Memorial contributions in Myrtle’s memory may be directed to Grace Hospice, 3515 Massillon Road, Suite 175, Uniontown, OH 44685.