FRANCES MARY SCHUTT, age 92, Dryden, NY passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at home. Mrs. Schutt was born December 7, 1921 in Ithaca the eldest of four daughters of the late Helen Elizabeth Steele and Dr. Robert Asa McKinney, DVM. A life resident of Dryden, she was graduated from Dryden High School in 1939 and was married to Lloyd H. Schutt on July 28, 1945.Together, and with their children, they operated a dairy farm on West Lake Road for many years.
Lloyd passed away Sept. 7, 1999. Frances Mary also was employed at the Dryden Central School District Office for many years. A member of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than 70 years, she had
served in every office of Dryden Chapter #250, O.E.S. and also had been
District Deputy Grand Matron of the Cayuga-Tompkins District. She also was a member of the Dryden Senior Citizens and a member of the Grange for over 70 years. She was a 80 year member of the Dryden United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her children, Dale L. (Cheryl) Schutt of Sunset Beach, NC,
Wayne F. (Cynthia) Schutt of Dryden, Marsha J. (Norman) Ashbarry of
Baldwinsville, NY, Ann E. (James, DVM) Zwart of Dryden and Craig R. (Laurie) Schutt of Dryden; sisters, Joyce M. Perkins of Dryden and Eleanor M. Monroe of Vestal, twelve grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Lloyd H. Schutt, and a sister, Carolyn M. Williams.
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, in the
Dryden United Methodist Church with Rev. Harold Wheat officiating. Burial
will be in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden. Friends are invited to call from 4
to 7 PM, Friday, Oct. 10 at the Perkins Funeral Home, 55 West Main Street,
Dryden when members of the Hudson-Fulton-Dryden Chapter will conduct Eastern Star services at 6:45 PM. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be sent to the Eastern Star Home & Campus, 8290 State Route 69, P.O. Box 959, Oriskany, NY 13424 or to the Hudson-Fulton-Dryden Chapter #250, Order of the Eastern Star, c/o Vivian Collins, 473 Sheldon Road, Freeville, NY 13068 or Dryden Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 397, Dryden, NY 13053-0397.
FRANCES MARY SCHUTT, age 92, Dryden, NY passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at home. Mrs. Schutt was born December 7, 1921 in Ithaca the eldest of four daughters of the late Helen Elizabeth Steele and Dr. Robert Asa McKinney, DVM. A life resident of Dryden, she was graduated from Dryden High School in 1939 and was married to Lloyd H. Schutt on July 28, 1945.Together, and with their children, they operated a dairy farm on West Lake Road for many years.
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