CUTSINGER, Floyd Walter
Date of death: 2 Apr 1959 Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Franklin Evening Star, Monday, Apr 6, 1959, page 6
FLOYD CUTSINGER
RITES CONDUCTED
Funeral services for the late Floyd Cutsinger, well-known Johnson county farmer, were conducted by Dr. Robert Baldridge, Monday morning in Vandivier-Parsley Funeral Home. Burial followed in Greenlawn cemetery.
Paul Holstein, Clyde Hamilton, Marcus Stillabower, Russell Stott, John L. Rhoades, and Dallas Wirey served as pall bearers.
Died Thursday
Mr. Cutsinger died Thursday evening in Johnson County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for a week following a year of failing health.
Mr. Cutsinger leaves his widow, one son, one granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.
Submitted by Lois Johnson
Source: The Franklin Evening Star, Friday, April 3, 1959, page 1
Floyd Cutsinger
Dies Thursday;
Rites Announced
Floyd Cutsinger, Johnson County farmer, who had been an active worker in the local Masonic circles, died Thursday evening at 7 o’clock at the Johnson County Memorial Hospital after having been in failing health for the past four years.
Mr. Cutsinger, who had been admitted to the hospital for treatment on March 28, suffered a coronary occlusion on Wednesday.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 o’clock Monday morning at the Vandivier-Parsley Funeral Home with Dr. Robert B. Baldridge officiating. Burial will be made in Greenlawn cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home any time after 2 p.m. Sunday.
The son of John M. and Imelda Carter Cutsinger, Mr. Cutsinger was born Oct. 9, 1881, on the Cutsinger homestead farm three miles north of Edinburg on the Johnson-Shelby county line road in Blue River township. He was the grandson of Jacob Cutsinger, who came from Washington county, Kentucky, to Johnson county in 1821 before the organization of the county. His mother came from a pioneer Bartholomew county family.
Attended Edinburg High School
He attended the grade schools in Blue River township and graduated from Edinburg High School in 1902. Except for three years spent in Chicago immediately following graduation from high school, he had been a farmer his entire life. Prior to his marriage he was in extensive farming operation with his father and brothers.
On November 17, 1909, Mr. Cutsinger married Mary Elizabeth Lacy in Franklin and they lived in Franklin from that time until 1923 when they moved to his farm in the Union community where they lived until 1942 when they moved to their present residence on the Proffitt farm in Franklin township. However, he continued to operate the farm in Nineveh township as well as the Proffitt farm.
Former Board Member
Early in life Mr. Cutsinger united with the Jollity Methodist church, but following his marriage he transferred his membership to Grace Methodist church in Franklin, and was a former member of the official board of that church.
At the age of 21 he became a member of Edinburg Lodge No. 100, F. and A. M., but later affiliated with Franklin Lodge No. 107 and was Worshipful Master in 1914. He was a member of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Franklin Council, Royal and Select Masters, Franklin Commandery No. 23, Knights Templar, and the Mystic Shrine in Indianapolis. He was Eminent Commander of Franklin Commandary in 1921. He was always intensely interested in Masonry and its related bodies.
For many years Mr. Cutsinger was active in all affairs of the Democratic party.
The widow survives, with one son, John M. Cutsinger, of Franklin, a granddaughter, Martha Elizabeth Cutsinger, and several nieces and nephews. He was the last of his family, his parents, four sisters and three brothers having preceded him in death.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry