George Tutt Sr.

1932 - 2015

George Tutt Sr. obituary, 1932-2015, Shiprock, NM

George Tutt Sr.

1932 - 2015

BORN

1932

DIED

2015

George Tutt Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Apr. 25 to Apr. 30, 2015.
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.

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Angela Pablo

April 27, 2015

Please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your lossour thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time. God will sooth and guide your hearts. From Our Families "Williams and Pablo's "

Tom Riggenbach

April 26, 2015

All the Miners at Red Valley-Cove High School would like to express their condolences to the family. Mr. Tutt helped inspire the students here to understand the legacy of the miners in our community and made us all proud to be Miners.

Tommy Thomas

April 25, 2015

The memories of my uncle will remain vivid in my mind forever.

Barbara Platero

April 25, 2015

It was sad to hear the news. You had a great loving dad, grandpa,great grandpa. May his love & caring heart always be a precious memory. he was a child of a God so now he is actually enjoying heaven, walking on the streets of gold & his mansion. How beautiful heaven must be. Find comfort in Jesus, family, friends. take care of your mom, grandma.

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