Rudolf "Rudi" Huther

1940 - 2021

Rudolf "Rudi" Huther

El Paso - Rudolf "Rudi" Huther, 81, passed away peacefully early on Friday, June 25, 2021 after an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions to Heart of Georgia Hospice, 103 Westridge Dr, Warner Robins, GA 31088.

Rudi was the son of the late Henrich Hans Huether and the late Frieda Maria Messerle Huether. He was born and grew up in Germany, moved to Australia at age twenty, then ventured to America five years later. Soon after he arrived in the states, Rudi was drafted into the U.S. Army as a German Citizen, He served in Vietnam for twenty months where he was a medic caring for the Vietnamese POW's. Rudi always defended and protected those he was assigned to care for. After he returned to the U.S., he became a Licensed Vocational Nurse and in November 1969, a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. Throughout his military career, Rudi served in various locations throughout the world, and retired with over twenty years of military service. He worked with Civil Service as an LVN and lived for several years in Texas, working at different hospitals where he was needed. For the past twelve years, Rudi has lived in Middle Georgia, and was very active in the community. He was a member of the American Legion, Post 24, where he was a former Vice Commander, the Houston County GOP, and an Auxiliary Member of the Middle Georgia Republican Women. He regularly attended Central Baptist Church in Warner Robins and was a consistent anonymous doner to the Church's Food Pantry.

Rudi was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife of thirty-eight years, Alison Johnstone Huther; and three sisters- Hilda, Frieda, and Ursula.

Left to cherish the memories they made with Rudi are his loving wife of twelve years, Barbara Bell-Huther of Perry; his son and daughter-in-law, Derrick and Jennifer Huther of Vine Grove, Kentucky' his grandchildren, Mary, Genevieve, Bobby, and Michelle Huther; his brother, Hans Huther (Hildrut); his bonus children, Terry Vipperman (Melanie) of Simpsonville, SC, John Bell (Kimber), of Kathleen, GA and Greg Bell (Melissa) of Orange Park, FL; six bonus grandchildren; two bonus great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Committal Service will take place at 2:00 PM, on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements in Georgia. Sunset Funeral Homes has been entrusted with the arrangements in Texas. Please visit online registry at www.sunsetfuneralhomes.net.