HAVEN - Floyd Clayton "Stutz" Stutzman, 94, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

He was born at Burrton, Sept. 1, 1917, the son of Frank and Carrie Cadwell Stutzman.

He was a 1937 graduate of Mt. Hope High School and Salt City Business College in 1953, an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Asiatic Pacific Theater, and a member of American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68. Floyd was a farmer and pipeline operator for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. for 35 years, retiring in 1981.

On Feb. 8, 1938, he married Mary Jane Richardson in Mt. Hope. She died Nov. 4, 1994.

Survivors and their spouses include: two sons, Doug and Esther of Yoncolla, Ore., Jerry and Susan of Caulfield, Mo.; three daughters, Karen Beck of Lyle, Wash., Susan and Doug Phipps of Hutchinson, Sandra and Merritt Wright of Haven; 12 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jill Stutzman; three brothers; and two sisters.

Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Haven Baptist Church, with Pastors Dean Flanner and Blake Alling officiating. Burial with military honors by Ft. Riley Honor Guard will be in Laurel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with family present from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.

In lieu of flowers, memorials gifts may be made to Haven Baptist Church, in care of the mortuary.