BROTHER OF 'IN COLD BLOOD' VICTIM DIES
LARNED - Longtime Larned resident Arthur Clutter, whose last name became widely known because of a terrible tragedy one November night in 1959, died Saturday at Hutchinson Hospital. Clutter, 81, was a farmer and also a retired electrical contractor and owner of Clutter Electric, Larned. His brother, Herbert Clutter, along with Herb's wife Bonnie and their two youngest children, Nancy and Kenyon, were murdered in their rural Holcomb farmhouse nearly 38 years ago. The bodies of the slain family were discovered on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 15, 1959. Word of the tragedy in Finney County was relayed by a church usher to Art Clutter, he "got in the car and took right out for Garden City," recalled Art Clutter's wife, Doris, in an interview last year. The Clutter murders and the conviction and execution of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith became the subject of Truman Capote's classic, "In Cold Blood." The book was published in 1965, and a movie followed in 1967. In an interview last year, Art Clutter said he had neither read the book nor watched the movie. But he planned to watch a made-for-television remake of "In Cold Blood" that debuted in November 1996. "People keep talking about closure. I told Art the other day that this might be good for him," Doris Clutter said in an interview before the broadcast of the television movie. An obituary for Clutter appears on Page A6.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
OBITUARY:
LARNED - Arthur E. Clutter, 81, died Nov. 1, 1997, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Pawnee County, the son of James and Mae Fine Clutter. A longtime Larned resident, he was a retired electrical contractor and owned Clutter Electric, Larned. He also was a farmer. He belonged to First United Methodist Church, the American Legion and Masonic Lodge No. 167, all at Larned. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. On Dec. 24, 1939, he married Doris Mae Zink at Larned. She survives. Other survivors include: a son Michael, Topeka; a daughter, Janis Scrogan, Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Elaine Selsor, Barnesville, Ga.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence and Herbert; and a sister, Lucille Nelson. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned, with Pastor Charles Grant presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Larned Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the church or to the American Cancer Society, both in care of the mortuary.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Ryan Zink (50356351)
LARNED - Longtime Larned resident Arthur Clutter, whose last name became widely known because of a terrible tragedy one November night in 1959, died Saturday at Hutchinson Hospital. Clutter, 81, was a farmer and also a retired electrical contractor and owner of Clutter Electric, Larned. His brother, Herbert Clutter, along with Herb's wife Bonnie and their two youngest children, Nancy and Kenyon, were murdered in their rural Holcomb farmhouse nearly 38 years ago. The bodies of the slain family were discovered on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 15, 1959. Word of the tragedy in Finney County was relayed by a church usher to Art Clutter, he "got in the car and took right out for Garden City," recalled Art Clutter's wife, Doris, in an interview last year. The Clutter murders and the conviction and execution of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith became the subject of Truman Capote's classic, "In Cold Blood." The book was published in 1965, and a movie followed in 1967. In an interview last year, Art Clutter said he had neither read the book nor watched the movie. But he planned to watch a made-for-television remake of "In Cold Blood" that debuted in November 1996. "People keep talking about closure. I told Art the other day that this might be good for him," Doris Clutter said in an interview before the broadcast of the television movie. An obituary for Clutter appears on Page A6.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
OBITUARY:
LARNED - Arthur E. Clutter, 81, died Nov. 1, 1997, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Pawnee County, the son of James and Mae Fine Clutter. A longtime Larned resident, he was a retired electrical contractor and owned Clutter Electric, Larned. He also was a farmer. He belonged to First United Methodist Church, the American Legion and Masonic Lodge No. 167, all at Larned. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. On Dec. 24, 1939, he married Doris Mae Zink at Larned. She survives. Other survivors include: a son Michael, Topeka; a daughter, Janis Scrogan, Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Elaine Selsor, Barnesville, Ga.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence and Herbert; and a sister, Lucille Nelson. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned, with Pastor Charles Grant presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Larned Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the church or to the American Cancer Society, both in care of the mortuary.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Ryan Zink (50356351)
BROTHER OF 'IN COLD BLOOD' VICTIM DIES
LARNED - Longtime Larned resident Arthur Clutter, whose last name became widely known because of a terrible tragedy one November night in 1959, died Saturday at Hutchinson Hospital. Clutter, 81, was a farmer and also a retired electrical contractor and owner of Clutter Electric, Larned. His brother, Herbert Clutter, along with Herb's wife Bonnie and their two youngest children, Nancy and Kenyon, were murdered in their rural Holcomb farmhouse nearly 38 years ago. The bodies of the slain family were discovered on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 15, 1959. Word of the tragedy in Finney County was relayed by a church usher to Art Clutter, he "got in the car and took right out for Garden City," recalled Art Clutter's wife, Doris, in an interview last year. The Clutter murders and the conviction and execution of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith became the subject of Truman Capote's classic, "In Cold Blood." The book was published in 1965, and a movie followed in 1967. In an interview last year, Art Clutter said he had neither read the book nor watched the movie. But he planned to watch a made-for-television remake of "In Cold Blood" that debuted in November 1996. "People keep talking about closure. I told Art the other day that this might be good for him," Doris Clutter said in an interview before the broadcast of the television movie. An obituary for Clutter appears on Page A6.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
OBITUARY:
LARNED - Arthur E. Clutter, 81, died Nov. 1, 1997, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Pawnee County, the son of James and Mae Fine Clutter. A longtime Larned resident, he was a retired electrical contractor and owned Clutter Electric, Larned. He also was a farmer. He belonged to First United Methodist Church, the American Legion and Masonic Lodge No. 167, all at Larned. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. On Dec. 24, 1939, he married Doris Mae Zink at Larned. She survives. Other survivors include: a son Michael, Topeka; a daughter, Janis Scrogan, Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Elaine Selsor, Barnesville, Ga.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence and Herbert; and a sister, Lucille Nelson. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned, with Pastor Charles Grant presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Larned Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the church or to the American Cancer Society, both in care of the mortuary.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Ryan Zink (50356351)
LARNED - Longtime Larned resident Arthur Clutter, whose last name became widely known because of a terrible tragedy one November night in 1959, died Saturday at Hutchinson Hospital. Clutter, 81, was a farmer and also a retired electrical contractor and owner of Clutter Electric, Larned. His brother, Herbert Clutter, along with Herb's wife Bonnie and their two youngest children, Nancy and Kenyon, were murdered in their rural Holcomb farmhouse nearly 38 years ago. The bodies of the slain family were discovered on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 15, 1959. Word of the tragedy in Finney County was relayed by a church usher to Art Clutter, he "got in the car and took right out for Garden City," recalled Art Clutter's wife, Doris, in an interview last year. The Clutter murders and the conviction and execution of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith became the subject of Truman Capote's classic, "In Cold Blood." The book was published in 1965, and a movie followed in 1967. In an interview last year, Art Clutter said he had neither read the book nor watched the movie. But he planned to watch a made-for-television remake of "In Cold Blood" that debuted in November 1996. "People keep talking about closure. I told Art the other day that this might be good for him," Doris Clutter said in an interview before the broadcast of the television movie. An obituary for Clutter appears on Page A6.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
OBITUARY:
LARNED - Arthur E. Clutter, 81, died Nov. 1, 1997, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Pawnee County, the son of James and Mae Fine Clutter. A longtime Larned resident, he was a retired electrical contractor and owned Clutter Electric, Larned. He also was a farmer. He belonged to First United Methodist Church, the American Legion and Masonic Lodge No. 167, all at Larned. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. On Dec. 24, 1939, he married Doris Mae Zink at Larned. She survives. Other survivors include: a son Michael, Topeka; a daughter, Janis Scrogan, Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Elaine Selsor, Barnesville, Ga.; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence and Herbert; and a sister, Lucille Nelson. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned, with Pastor Charles Grant presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Larned Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the church or to the American Cancer Society, both in care of the mortuary.
Published in The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS.
NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Ryan Zink (50356351)
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