Clarence Rutt

Clarence E. Rutt, 87, of 1790 So. Wabash, died Saturday, September 7, 2002 at his home.

Services will be Friday, September 13, 2002; 2:00 P.M. at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Pastor Sacia Vik and Rev. Paul Konig officiating. Burial will be in Blue Valley Cemetery, Ayr, Nebraska.

Clarence Rutt was born September 25, 1914 in Franklin County on a farm near Campbell, Nebraska to George & Alice (Schreiner) Rutt. This farm is on the National Historical Registry. He graduated from Campbell High School in 1933 and on August 20, 1936, he married Charlotte Bartels at St. John's Lutheran Church, Wilcox, Nebraska. He was a pig, beef, dairy and crop farmer. He also worked at the Navy Ammunition Depot during WWII. He was an original board member of the Hastings Rural Fire Department in 1955. He was a member of First St. Pauls' Lutheran Church near Glenvil and in Hastings where he served on several boards and councils for 10 years. He was also a Sunday School teacher. He was a 4-H Leader for 12 years. He was elected to the Little Blue Natural Resource District (NRD) for 12 years. In 1987, he was appointed to the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission in Lincoln, Nebraska and served for 4 years. Then he was elected to the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Board of Directors for 6 years in Holdrege. He received an award from the State of Nebraska as a Soil and Water Conservation Steward. In his later years, he was an orderly at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital for 10 years. He volunteered and gave blood at the Red Cross Blood Bank. He was on the Red Cross Board & on the Adams County Extension Board. Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital presented an award to him in 1991 for volunteerism. He was honored by Cargill Seed Company as the number one corn grower among South Central Nebraska farmers. He was a past member of the Kiwanis Club. For the past 20 years, he has actively researched the genealogy of the Rutt/Schreiner families.

Clarence Rutt was preceded in death by his parents, 12 brothers and sisters and a grandson.

Survivors include,
Wife: Charlotte Rutt - Hastings, NE
Daughter & Son-in-law: Charlene & Larry Lechner - Huntsville, AL
Connie & LeRoy Samuelson, Jr. - Hastings, NE
Cheryl & Donald Hoban - Hastings, NE
Sons & Daughters-in-law: Jim D. & Rhonda Rutt - Blue Hill, NE
Dan & Sue Rutt - Hastings, NE
13 Grandchildren
20 Great Grandchildren
Brother & Sister-in-law: Ray & Kathryn Rutt - Hastings, NE

Memorial may be given to First St. Paul's Lutheran Church Or Blue Valley Cemetery Or Mary Lanning Hospice