Mr. Gary Lee Lautzenheiser, 66, of Sparta, lost his battle with cancer on July 8. He was born in Canton, Ohio to Ralph E. and Betty (McKeen) Lautzenheiser.Mr. Lautzenheiser graduated from Louisville High School in 1962, worked on the family dairy farm until 1964, then was employed at the Ohio Power Company (AEP0 Canton, Ohio, for the next 32 years as a lineman. He retired in 2000 and was employed part-time by Constitution Land Surveying of Louisville, Ohio.