Barbara M. McNutt

MASON CITY: Barbara McNutt, 90, of Mason City, died on Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, September 22, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church, 119 S. Georgia, with Rev. Jim Stiles officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the church service. Interment will be at St. Ansgar Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Barbara McNutt memorial fund.

Barbara M. McNutt was born on January 31, 1918 in Hinton, IA, the daughter of Rev. Walter Lloyd and Elva (Cullen)Breaw. She graduated from High School in Eagle Grove, IA in 1935. After completing a two year course in education at Drake University in Des Moines, IA, she taught in the elementary grades at Moville, Primghar and Humboldt, IA. In 1946 she moved to Portland, Oregon where she was the Church Secretary at the First United Methodist Church. Later she served as Church Secretary and Office Manager at Park Hill United Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado, where she was employed for 12 years. On December 10, 1960 she was united in marriage to Millard Brown McNutt. They resided on a farm in St. Ansgar, IA until Millards death on November 28, 1991. Barbara was a P.E.O. member for 71 years and an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Mason City.


She is survived by her children: Robert McNutt and wife Sheri of St. Ansgar; Dave McNutt and wife Lois of St. Ansgar; son-in-law: Royal Dohler of St. Ansgar; 7 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; sister: Phyllis Kruse and husband Kenneth of Denver, CO. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Millard in 1991, daughter: Barbara Dohler in 2006; sister: Madeline, who died in infancy; a brother: Lt. Edwin Gordon Breaw, who gave his life for his country on November 4, 1994 in World War II, and sister: Metta Matthews, who died on August 7, 2001.

Memorials:
Memorials may be directed to the Barbara McNutt memorial fund.

Cemetery:
Interment will be at St. Ansgar Cemetery

Visitation:
Visitation will be one hour prior to the church service

Service:
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, September 22, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church