Dorothy Rutter

Dorothy Mae (Carter) Rutter, age 92, wife of the late Morris W. Rutter, Jr. of King of Prussia, PA, died Monday morning, February 18, 2013 in her home. Born at home, in the Chandler's Place, a rented house, in Semora, N. C., she graduated from the eleventh grade, the final year of public schooling for children in 1939, from the Archibald Murphye High School in Milton, N.C. A year later, she completed her studies at the McClung's Business School in Greenboro, N.C. and earned a Secretarial Certificate. While employed at General Electric, she was presented with the NASA Life Sciences Flight Experiments Program Award in 1985 and honored for her many cost cutting ideas to the company. Mrs. Rutter retired as a Disbursement Clerk for the General Electric Company in King of Prussia in 1990 after 20 years of service. Throughout her life, she believed in God and her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was a very active and the oldest living founding member of the Valley Forge Baptist Temple, established in 1984. Mrs. Rutter was preceded in death by her husband in 1995 and her oldest son in 2002. She is survived by her two other sons, two daughters, twelve grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and 1 great great grand daughter. Mrs. Rutter was the oldest of 10 children of the late Jasper T. Carter and Annie (Rogers) Carter of Semora, N.C. Two of her brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. She is survived by two brothers and three younger sisters, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, as well, as great nieces and great nephews. Everyone loved her and will miss her dearly. Long before the Women's Liberation Movement, she worked outside of her home while caring for her family. Born and raised in the south, she was a true rebel. She stood up for what she thought was right. She spoke her mind. She was married for 54 years until the death of her beloved husband, Morris. They provided their five children with strong male and female role models. Love kept their family unit together throughout all of the relocations in the United States and abroad that the military imposed upon the family during Mr. Rutter's 20 years with the U.S. Air Force. During World War II and the Korean War, Mrs. Rutter solely shouldered all the family responsibilities on the home front. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Rutter was torn between wanting to be on earth with her loved ones and going to heaven to be with her late husband. Now, according to God's Plan for their lives, her surviving loved ones are comforted by their joyful reunion. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Service at the Valley Forge Baptist Temple, 616 S Trappe Road, Collegeville, PA 19426 on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 4 p.m. Friends will be received from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. Burial will be held in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made in her name to the Missionary work of the Valley Forge Baptist Temple at the above address. Condolences may be made by visiting the guest book at www.RoyersfordFuneralHome.com. The Cattermole-Klotzbach Funeral Home, 600 Washington Street, Royersford, PA is in charge of the arrangements.

Dorothy Rutter

October 24, 1920 - February 18, 2013