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Dorothy Stutt
DOROTHY STUTT
Monticello
Dorothy Stutt, 87, died Monday, May 10, 2021, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
at the church on Thursday. Pastor Wade Reddy will officiate at the services.
Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, has been entrusted with Dorothy's services.
You may access the live service by going to goettschonline.com, and then by clicking the Watch Our Live Services on Facebook button which will direct you to our Facebook page. You may also sign the guestbook or leave a condolence at Goettschonline.com. Mask's must be worn and fitted properly over the nose and mouth at all times to enter the church. Social distancing needs to be practiced as well.
Surviving are two children, Kathy (Gary) Evarts, Manchester, and Russell (Emily) Stutt, Newton; two granddaughters, Holly and Kelsey (Stan) and a great-grandchild on the way; and her brother, Alan Husmann, Monticello.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ervin; a daughter, Kristy; a son, Kenneth; two sisters, Helen Breitbach and Marie Lubben; five brothers, Merlin, Kenneth, Robert, Laverne and John Husmann; and her long-time friend and companion, Marvin Jansen.
Dorothy Ann Husmann was born Sept. 1, 1933, at Anamosa, Iowa. She was the daughter of John F. and Anna Otten, Husmann. Dorothy attended rural schools near her home. She graduated from the Anamosa Community Schools, with the Class of 1950.
Dorothy Husmann and Ervin Stutt were married on Oct. 19, 1952, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. The couple farmed near Monticello and Dorothy worked as a secretary at German Mutual Insurance. After Dorothy and Ervin moved to Monticello, she purchased Duane Herren's insurance business and operated as Stutt Insurance until she retired.
Dorothy was a lifelong member of Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. She was baptized Oct. 1, 1933, and confirmed her faith on March 30, 1947.
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