Claude Mutter

Claude Wallace Mutter 4/10/19 - 12/28/11 Claude Wallace Mutter went to be with his Heavenly Father on Dec. 28, 2011. He was born on April 10, 1919, in Russell County, Va., to parents Alexander and Martha Mutter. Claude served in the U.S. Army, 28th Infantry Division, during World War II, and fought in the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He earned two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star during his time in the Army. He later worked for Olin Chemical of Saltville, Va., and Reynolds Metals of Richmond, Va. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Frances Holmes Mutter; their children, Dennis W. Mutter and wife, Elizabeth Cox Mutter, of Prince George, Va.; Don R. Mutter and wife, Carolyn Nuzzo Mutter, of Chester, Va., and Teresa Gayle Chapman and husband, Barry Neal Chapman, of Alexandria, Va.; nine grandchildren, Aaron Mutter and wife, Melinda, Andrew Mutter and wife, Krystal, Matthew Mutter, Aimee Francoeur and husband, Jonathan, Christie Chapman, Stephen Mutter, Brian Chapman and wife, Jamie, Gina Cordan and husband, Nicholas, and Philip Mutter and wife, Tori; and seven great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Gavin, Tavish, Zoe, and Meghan, Mutter, and Isabella and Isaac Francoeur . The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at the South Hopewell Church of God, 2300 Bluefield St., Hopewell, VA 23860 with the Rev. Thurman Collier and the Rev. Andrew S. Mutter officiating. Interment will follow in Merchants Hope Memorial Gardens in Prince George, Va. Condolences may be registered online at www.jtmorriss.com