Otto Stutson

STUTSON, Mr. Otto Mark - Age 89, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2009 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland. Family hour 11:00AM Friday April 3, 2009 at Providence Missionary Baptist Church, 299 Bagley St., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11:30AM. Pastor Robert Martin, officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11AM Friday. Mr. Stutson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 1-7PM Thursday. Otto Mark Stutson, was born May 21, 1919 in Arcadia, Oklahoma, to John W. Stutson and Daisy Stutson, nee: Celestine. After graduating from high school in Oklahoma , Otto served his country bravely in two tours of duty in the U. S. Army, in Japan and the Philippines . He earned an honorable discharge from the army in 1947, with numerous commendations, including the Bronze Battle Star and Purple Heart. In 1950, he met and married to his wife, Mary Elizabeth Nichols Stutson nee: Rose, who had a son Linwood Ross Nichols, they both preceded him in death. They made their life together in Pontiac, Michigan. He and Mary joined Providence Missionary Baptist Church as young adults, where Otto was a member and later, President of the Usher Board. He was a founding member Toussaint Lodge #27, Pontiac, MI - International Free & Accepted Modern Masons and Order of the Eastern Star. Otto served in the employ of the City of Pontiac, Department of Public Works, until his retirement in 1981. He then continued his lifelong tradition of hard work, appreciation of the great outdoors and service, as a Food Pantry volunteer, feeding the needy, and helping anyone he could. Otto Stutson, made his transition, on March 28, 2009. He leaves to cherish his memory: his grandchildren: Mary, Veronica, Linda, Michael (Mona), Charlotte, Edwin, and Daughter –in-law, Johnnie Ethel, all of the Nichols family, residing in Wayne and Oakland County, Michigan. Also celebrating his life are his nieces, Daisy Stutson Sandridge, and Ester Stutson Oliver, his nephews Larry Stutson, Donald Ray Stutson, and Eddie Lee Stutson of Oklahoma City , and nephew Salem Wilson, of Texas. Otto was blessed with a host of great and great-great-grandchildren, great and great-great nieces and nephews, as well as loyal friends, including his cherished friends, Ms. Margaret James and Deacon James. Otto was the 4th of 8 children: Robert, Samuel, Lewis, Phillip, Annie, Margaret and Geneva , and Grandfather to Linwood Mark Nichols, all of whom preceded him in death. Otto was a soldier in the army of the Lord. He is already greatly missed.

Otto Stutson

May 21, 1919 - March 28, 2009