Earl Sutton

Earl Ward Lee Sutton,

91, of Greeley passed

away peacefully on

Thursday, April 19, 2018

at Meadowview of Gree-

ley, in Greeley, Colo.

He was born March 8,

1927 in Herrick, SD to

Harry Hamilton and Net-

tie (Fithian) Sutton where

he lived until age seven,

when his family moved to

Minnesota. He graduated

from Kelliher, MN High

School in 1945, and then

took over the family farm

and cared for his aging

parents. In 1960, he

moved to Colorado where

he worked for Climax

Molybdenum Mine. In

1962, he married Doris

(Baird) Sutton. He attend-

ed CSU and received his

Bachelors and Masters in

Agriculture and Industrial

Arts.

The family moved to

Minot, ND in 1968 where

he taught for a number of

years before retiring.

When they moved back to

Colorado in 1988, he did

maintenance work and re-

modeling for Cost Cutters.

Earl enjoyed spending

time in his garden, camp-

ing and traveling in their

motor home with their

daughters and grand-

daughters, as well as play-

ing Free Cell, woodwork-

ing, exercising at Work

Out West, and participat-

ing in a weekly Communi-

ty Bible Study.

He attended Mt. View

Evangelical Free Church.

Survivors include: his

wife, Doris; daughters,

Eileen (Jeff) Ladwig and

Anita Sutton; grand-

daughters, Katelynn and

Lexee Sutton all of Gree-

ley; and sister, Donna Sut-

ton of Blackduck, MN and

numerous nieces and

nephews.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents and

6 brothers and 6 sisters.

Visitation: 5:30 to 7

p.m. Thursday, April 26

at Adamson Memorial

Chapels.

Graveside service: 1

p.m. Friday, April 27 at

Sunset Memorial Gardens

with service to follow at 2

p.m. at Mt. View Evangeli-

cal Free Church, 6253 W.

28th Street. A reception

will follow the service.

Memorial gifts may be

made “Judicial Watch” or

“Americans Defending

Freedom” in care of

Adamson, 2000 47th Ave.,

Greeley, CO 80634.

Friends may leave con-

dolences at

adamsoncares.com.