Marilyn Kutch Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Marilynn Thompson Kutch, 83, August 7,1938- August 13,2021 Born August 7, 1938, in Princeton, Indiana, she was the daughter of Donald John Thompson (August 16, 1904 to September 21, 1983) and Eva Jane Thompson (June 30, 1910 to July 5, 1993). Her father served two terms as Gibson County Clerk. Her parents were the proprietors of several Western Auto stores in southwest Indiana. She grew up in a white-framed, Cape Cod home built during the Great Depression, on land purchased from her great grandfather’s estate. Lynn was a 1956 graduate of Princeton High School, where she was the majorette of the marching band, a county champion in piano, and a Girls State representative. She attended Indiana University and was a member of Delta Zeta Sorority. Following college, she worked in the Gibson County Clerk’s oﬃce. She later became a deputy clerk with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, eventually moving to Indianapolis. It was there that she met the love of her life Joseph A. Kutch, an Assistant United States Attorney. They were married March 16, 1963 at North Methodist Church in Indianapolis and honeymooned in Washington, D.C. In the years to come, Joe and Lynn would travel to Ireland, Acapulco, and take a tour of Europe. Together, they would raise three sons, actively shepherding them through church and school activities, boy scouts, little league baseball, and youth soccer. Lynn returned to the workforce in the late 1970s, taking a position as Assistant Placement Director for the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. In 1979, the family relocated to Corpus Christi, Texas. There, she became a counselor in the placement oﬃce of Del Mar College, where she would later serve as secretary of the Department of History. Following their retirement, Joe and Lynn left the Coastal Bend and moved to the Austin area, where they would ultimately settle in Cedar Park, Texas. Survivors include her sons, Joseph Alexander Kutch, Jr. (Michelle) of Houston, Texas, John David Kutch (Minerva) of Round Rock, Texas and Roderick Bartleah Kutch of Austin, Texas; grandson, Oscar Alexander Kutch of Houston, Texas; brother Stephen Thompson (Maureen) of Manteo, North Carolina, sister-in-law Amy Kutch of Greenwood, Indiana, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph Alexander Kutch (April 17, 1930 to August 15, 2017); brother, Donald John Thompson II (February 23, 1935 to August 12, 2021); and brother-in law, Thomas Kibby Kutch (April 2, 1927, to August 18, 2016). Interment will be at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas. Family request in lieu fo ﬂowers please donate to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America The link is https://alzfdn.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjerK0s6x8gIV6fvICh2fj AC-EAAYAyAAEgIHX_D_BwE

Marilyn Kutch

August 7, 1938 - August 13, 2021