George Tutt Sr.

George Tutt Sr., 82, of Shiprock, passed from this life Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Farmington. He was born on Oct. 25, 1932, in Oak Springs, (Red Valley), Ariz.
George worked for Indian Health Service as an interpreter/driver for the field health nursing department for 31 years and retired. George served in the Korean War from 1953 to 1955. He built his own campers in his early years. He was a mechanic and a radio announcer, helping people with announcing funerals. He helped the community people by using his "toy" (a backhoe), loved to spend time with his grandkids and had nicknames for all of them.
He was married to his lovely wife, Bessie, for 60 years and two months. He enjoyed fishing, camping and gardening. He attended the Assembly of God Church in Oak Springs. He was a faithful servant of God, and he faithfully tithed.
George is survived by his wife, Bessie H. Tutt; sons, Ernest Tutt Sr., George (Natalie) Tutt Jr. of Riverdale, Utah, and Davis A. Tutt of Shiprock; daughters, Julia Mae (Harold) of Ojo Amarillo, Jeannie (Harrison) of Shiprock, and Theresa (Marvin) Platero of Fruitland; brothers Lewis (Daisy) Tutt of Oak Springs, James Tutt (Nora) of Farmington, and Roy R. Tutt of Kayenta, Ariz.; sisters Glendora Patrick and Cecelia Antonio of Shiprock; 18 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sons, Timothy, Herman and Kenneth; parents, King Tutt and Despah Tutt Nez; brother, Lawrence Tutt; and his sisters, Anna Mae Tanner and Alberta Thomas and Janice Bernice Scott.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 25 at Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Shiprock. Interment will follow in Oak Springs Community Cemetery in Oak Springs.
George is in the care of Desert View Funeral Home, North U.S. Highway 491 in Shiprock, 505-368-4607.