Clark County OhArchives Obituaries.....Rutan, DeWitt May 29, 1982
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Springfield News-Sun (Sunday May 30, 1982)
'Hap' RUTAN, 75, retired educator, dies in hospital.

     DeWitt (Hap) RUTAN, 75, of 4080 Mechanicsburg Rd., a teacher, coach and 
principal at Olive Branch Junior High School for 48 years, died at Mercy 
Medical Center at 3:25 a.m. Saturday.

     He was born in Mechanicsburg on May 15, 1907, a son of Glen and Della 
MCADAMS RUTAN.

     Mr. RUTAN retired as an educator in 1970.  He was a member of the United 
Methodist Curch of Mechanicsburg, the Disabled American Veterans and the Ohio 
Retired Teachers Association, and was veteran of World War II.

A graduate of Cedarville College, he played semi-professional football in 
Urbana for a number of years.

     Survivors include his wife, the former Venus MAXWELL, a brother, Rolland 
RUTAN of Mechanicsburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Kathryn CUNNINGHAM of 
Mechanicsburg and Mrs. Winifred TULLIS of West Liberty.

     Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Skillman Funeral 
Home, Mechanicsburg, by the Rev. David G. HEISTAND.  Burial will be in Maple 
Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg.

     Calling hours at the funeral home will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. 
Monday.

     Memorial contributions may be made to the Hap RUTAN Fund for Needy 
Children and be earmarked for either the New-Carlisle-Bethel School District 
or the Mechanicsburg School District.

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