Gene A. Rutt, 85, of East Bangor, PA, passed away Sunday, April 20th, at St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus, Stroudsburg, PA.
Gene was born in Easton, PA on October 21, 1939, a son of the late Osburn Rutt, Jr. and Ruth E. (Fisher) Rutt.
He was the husband of Alice. They celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary last July. Gene was employed as a truck driver at New Penn Motor Express in Scranton, PA, until retiring in 2004. He was a member of the Roseto Rod and Gun Club and enjoyed working in his yard.
In addition to his wife Alice, Gene is survived by three daughters, Devlyn McLain, wife of Larry, Terri Parsons, wife of Joe, and Roxann Rutt, wife of Tom, two sons Robert Rutt, husband of Nancy, and Duwayne Rutt, husband of Karen, eight sisters Helen, Leila, Ruth, Bonnie, Joann, Pamela, Debbie, and Tandra, a brother Osburn Rutt, III, eight grandchildren Bridgette, Adam, Amanda, Justin, Kyle, Stephen, Dean, and Drew, and 11 great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, April 25th at 5 PM at the Washington Banquet Facility, 920 Washington Blvd., Bangor, PA. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Gaffney Parsons Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., "Village of Johnsonville," Bangor, PA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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