Wayne E. Sutter

Wayne E. Sutter, 83, of Galesburg, Illinois died at 10:36 am Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Rosewood Care Center.

He was born April 16, 1934 in Fairbury, Illinois the son of Clyde and Marie (Zimmerman) Sutter. He married Virginia Goff on October 9, 1971 in Galesburg. She survives.

Also surviving is his sister-in-law, Marian (Carroll) Graves of Altona, Illinois; his brothers-in-law, Leslie (Maxine) Goff of Woodhull, Illinois and Fred Goff of Bushnell; niece, Carolyn (Bill) Dustin, nephew, David Graves, Dale (Michelle) Graves, Larry (Karen) Goff, Chuck (Sally) Goff and Doug (Sharon) Goff, cousins, Peggy (Joe) Mehrkens and Paul (Lou Ann) Sutter and several great nieces and great nephews.

Wayne served in the US Army from May 25. 1954 to May 25, 1956.

Wayne worked as a cable splicer for the General Telephone Company, Intra State Telephone Company, Centel Company, Sprint, New Windsor Telephone Company, the Woodhull Telephone Company and the Oneida Telephone Company, retiring in 2002. He enjoyed woodworking. He built chest, clocks and bookcases for family members. He graduated from Fairbury High School in 1952. He took machine drafting and architectural drafting classes from Chicago Technical College.

Memorial Services are scheduled for 11:00 am Friday, May 26, 2017 at Colonial Baptist Church, with Pastor Darrell Grimm officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 am Friday at the church. Burial will be at 1:30 pm Friday in the Victoria Cemetery with Military Rites by VFW 2257/Legion 285 Veterans Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to the Knox County Humane Society or to the Colonial Baptist Church. Online condolences may be made at www.h-p-w.com.