Fr. William Beuth, C.PP.S., 88, died at 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at his home in La Labor, Guatemala, where he had ministered for many years. He had been in failing health.

He was born on August 15, 1932, in Springdale, Pa., to William and Marcella Beuth. He entered the Congregation in 1946 at Brunnerdale, its high school seminary near Canton, Ohio, and was ordained on May 31, 1959.

After his ordination, Fr. Beuth was an associate pastor at St. Joseph Church in Wapakoneta, Ohio; St. James the Less Church in Columbus; and St. Joseph Church, Dayton. In 1962 he traveled to the C.PP.S. mission in Peru, where he served for over 25 years.

Fr. Beuth returned to the U.S. in 1986 to be closer to his ailing mother, and served as associate pastor of St. Anthony Church in Manteca, California.

He returned to Latin America in 1992, becoming part of the C.PP.S. mission in Guatemala. He was appointed pastor of Sangre de Cristo Parish in La Labor, Guatemala where he served the rest of his life.

He is survived by a brother, Leonard (Valerie) Beuth, Arroyo Grande, Calif.; and a sister, Mary Ann (Stephen) Surma, Bethel Park, Pa.; numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, September 30, at the Sangre de Cristo parish, with Fr. Rony Diaz, C.PP.S., presiding. Fr. Beuth was buried in Guatemala.