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- Obit: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/esther-sutter/article_8dab0a03-f837-53b3-85af-2c55d9c30b73.html#utm_source=pantagraph.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fobits%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1C135F18D6DC37D0D7799514DE524FB611D50220
Esther Elizabeth Sutter, 90, of Eureka, passed away at 9:37 a.m. Monday (June 19, 2017) at Maple Lawn Health Center, Eureka, where she had been a resident since September 2013.
She was born Jan. 28, 1927, in rural Gridley, to Edward C. and Alma Slagel Eigsti. She attended rural grade schools in the Gridley area and graduated from Gridley High School in 1944. She then studied at the Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing, graduating as a registered nurse in 1948. She was a nurse at Mennonite Hospital in Bloomington, until she married Dr. M. Willis Sutter on April 6, 1957. He survives. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; both her sisters, Eda Shoemaker and Kathryn Reeves; and her brother, Arthur E. Eigsti.
Esther joined her husband’s dental practice in Rantoul and worked with him until they both retired.
Esther was baptized as a teen at the Waldo Mennonite Church in Flanagan. She remained a member there until moving to Rantoul and transferring to the East Bend Mennonite Church in Fisher. When she retired and moved to Eureka, she became a part of the Metamora Mennonite Church. She was always active in her church, serving as Sunday school and Bible school teacher, church librarian and assistant church historian. From 1994 to 2002, she and Willis had short-term voluntary service assignments with the Ten Thousand Villages organization in Akron, Pa.; Montreat, N.C.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C. In Eureka, she volunteered at the Et Cetera Thrift Store until her health failed.
A memorial service will be at a later date at Metamora Mennonite Church. Cremation will be accorded. Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, Eureka, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the Sutter Family Memorial Scholarship Fund at Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.; the Open Arms Food Pantry, Metamora; or the Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal.
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