Kenneth Boyd ORCUTT^[1]

1902 - 1965  (62 years)

• Name	Kenneth Boyd ORCUTT
  Born	17 Dec 1902	Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Education	1955, Wartburg College
  Employer	Roach Farms Inc.
  Occupation	Manager of Roach Farms Inc: Mayor of Plainfield in early 1930's; Managed Orcutt Paint Store
  Military Event	WWII - US Navy: Photographer
  Military Flag	Y
  Buried	1965	Willow Lawn Cemetery, Plainfield, Iowa
  Died	17 Jun 1965	Veterans Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
  Person ID	I25623	Main
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Clarence Meade ORCUTT,   b. 5 Oct 1865, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa ,   d. 28 May 1939, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mayme KRIEGER,   b. 9 Feb 1871, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa ,   d. 3 Jan 1938, Plainfield, Bremer, Iowa  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F8728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY Excerpts from the obituary of Kenneth B. Orcutt Died June 17, 1965 K. B. ORCUTT, LIFELONG TOWN BOOSTER, SUCCUMBS The Plainfield community paid a reluctant but fond and honorable farewell Saturday afternoon, June 19, to a life-long resident who had served the town and his employers well. He was Kenneth B. Orcutt, office manage for Roach Farms, Inc. who died about 4.15 a.m. Thursday,June 17, at the Veterans' hospital in Iowa City after a prolonged illness. He was 62. Burial was in Willow Lawn cemetery, where a color guard furnished by the American Legion post paid military honors. He served as Mayor in the early 1930's. In the business world, he worked for many years as office manager for J. Roach Sons, and then worked as office manager of Roach Farms Inc., until his last hospitalization. He also conducted the Orcutt Paint store for many years. The chronological record states that Kenneth B. Orcutt was born December 17, 1902, at Plainfield, the s/o C.M. and Mayme Orcutt. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by an only sister, Mrs. Russell (Helen) Meyers ofGreene; two nieces, Mrs. Joe Miller and Mrs. Steve Brandt, both of Allison; an aunt, Miss Lewtie Krieger of Plainfield. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Plainfield; graduated from Plainfield high school in 1920, and served as a photographer in the Navy for three years during World War II. He was a member of the Plainfield Legion Post and other community groups.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.