Sutter, Lyle Ervin (1924-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Jul 9 p. 8

Birth date: 1924 Sep 10

text of obituary:

LYLE ERVIN SUTTER

Lyle Ervin Sutter, 82, of Flanagan, Ill., died June 10, 2007. He was born Sept. 19, 1924, to Ervin H. and F. Marie Litwiller Sutter southwest of Hopedale.

He married Merna L. Ringenberg on June 27, 1946, at her home in rural Flanagan.

He was baptized at Hopedale Mennonite Church and became an active member of Waldo Mennonite Church, now Prairieview Mennonite Church, of rural Flanagan.

He served the church in many capacities. He was a retired farmer and a skilled woodworker.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Merna; five children, Kay Kreider and her husband, Paul, of Springfield, Ohio, Donald Sutter of Pontiac, Thomas Sutter and his wife, Debra, of Urbana, Jane Sutter of Whiteriver, Ariz., and Mary Sutter of Indianapolis, Ind.; two brothers, Francis Sutter of Morton and Gene Sutter of Sun City West, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Prairieview Mennonite Church. Burial was in Waldo Township Cemetery, rural Gridley.