David Schutte

DAVID LOUIS SCHUTTE

Postville

David Louis Schutte, 82, of Postville, died Sunday, May 16, 2021, at his home following a courageous two-and-a-halfyear battle with colon cancer.

Dave received his Iowa Funeral Directors License in 1962. They purchased the funeral home in Postville in 1968 and retired in 2009. He served in a leadership capacity on several IFDA (Iowa Funeral Directors Association) including Iowa Governor of District 1 in 1967 and 1984, Funeral Services of Iowa Board of Directors, Committee on Ethics and IFDA Secretary. He would have received a plaque for 60 years of funeral service in May 2022.

Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Karen; son, James and his wife, Ellen; two daughters, Diane and her husband, Kenneth Butikofer, and Sara and her husband, Todd Schenck, and a sister, Anne Swalek. There are nine grandchildren, Cody (Ivory) Schutte, Katie (Jeremy) Wurzer, Jacob (Emma) Schutte, Hannah Schutte, Jessica (Blake) Hasenmiller, Joshua (Kimberly) Butikofer, Connor (Melanie Tate) Schenck, Robert Cole (Kelsey Laughman) Schenck and Carson Schenck; 11 great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Alexander, Zachariah and Abigail Hasenmiller, Nic and Joshua Schutte, Bennett, Payson and Annalysse Wurzer, twin girls, May and Liv Schutte; three additional babies due this summer; brother-in-law, Leigh and Gwen Rekow; and sister-in-law, Sherrill and Leslie Heckman.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at Community Presbyterian Church in Postville and one hour before service. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 21, at the church.

Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Postville, Iowa, is helping the family with the arrangements.