SUTTON, Roscoe

Source: Fountain County Star, Covington, Indiana Thursday, December 23, 1982

Roscoe C. Sutton of Attica, age 73, died Wednesday night, December 15, in Lakeview Medical Center at Danville, Illinois. He was born at Judson, April 22, 1909, the son of Tiara and Electa Pyle Sutton. August 10, 1934, He married Elsie VanHuss, who survives.

Sutton was a member of the Attica First United Methodist Church, Wabash Masonic Lodge, National Association of Retired Civil Servants and a charter member of Attica Lions Club. He was a past commander of the Attica American Legion. He was a graduate of Greene Township High School and Indiana State University. An Army veteran of World War II, he had retired in 1968 after working as county supervisor of the Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Home Administration and had served two years on the Warren County Welfare Board.

Also surviving are a son, Terry of Sterling, Virginia; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning at Maus Funeral Home in Attica with Rev. Larry R. Smith officiating. Military graveside rites and burial were in Mount Moriah Cemetery north of Hollandsburg.