SCUTT, William 88, of Centerville passed away on Monday, October 12, 
2015. Bill was a professional musician and music school teacher. He 
retired from the West Carrollton schools after 30 years of teaching 
and played in the first violin section of the Dayton Philharmonic for 
37 years. Bill was born in Amherst, Ohio on February 12, 1927. After 
high school, he pursued a music career at the Cincinnati Conservatory 
of Music, where he met his wife of nearly 50 years, Suzanne Schmidt. 
After their wedding, they lived together in Lexington, KY and 
Champaign, IL where they both obtained Masters degrees of music at the 
University of Illinois. They had a wonderful life together as musicians, 
interrupted only by Suzy's passing in 2001. Besides his wife, Bill was 
preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Enid (Powell) Scutt, and 
brother Kenneth Scutt. He is survived by son David Scutt and his friend 
Melody Rainville of Mason OH; daughter Linda Scutt and her husband Tom 
Duffee of Springfield OH; grandsons Robin Duffee of Columbus, OH, and 
Asa Duffee of Richmond, IN; niece Janet Pressler of Sierra Vista, AZ; 
nephews Jeffrey Scutt of Penn Valley, PA, and James Scutt of 
Reisterstown MD; sister-in-law Carole Scutt-Malcom of Sarasota FL; and 
sister-in-law Joan Schmidt of Columbus OH. Visitation will be held on 
Friday, October 16 at Routsong Funeral Home in Kettering OH from 4:00 PM 
to 6:00 PM. A graveside service will be held the following day, at 10:00 
AM, Saturday, October 17, 2015, at David's Cemetery, 4600 Mad River Road, 
Kettering, with Rev. Sue Hamilton officiating. A memorial service will be 
held at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 125 North Wilkinson Street in 
Dayton OH on Saturday, October 31 at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, it is 
requested to make donations to the Westminster Presbyterian Church Music 
Fund. Condolences and other remembrances may be sent to the family at 
www.routsong.com. 
Published in Dayton Daily News on Oct. 15, 2015

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