Visitation
November 30, 2011
2:00-4:00 & 6:00-8:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Funeral Service
December 1, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Location: Cedar Grove United Methodist Church [Map]
Interment
Location: St. James' Parish Cemetery [Map]
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John Bunyan “Bunny” Nutwell, 91, passed away November 26, 2011 at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, MD. Bunny was born December 25, 1919 in Deale, MD to Marion Fennimore and Edna (Sherbert) Nutwell, and resided his entire life on the historic Nutwell Farm “Loch Eden” in Deale until moving with his wife Mary in 2009 to Pasadena, MD to live with their son John and his wife Debbie. Bunny attended Tracey’s School in Tracy’s Landing, MD, and was a lifelong farmer. Over the years Bunny was employed at the Maryland Tobacco Growers Association, worked as a carpenter for his cousin Bill Nutwell and for his brother Ray in his appliance business. For over twenty five years Bunny was a funeral assistant with Rausch Funeral Home in Owings, MD, retiring in 2000. Bunny was a lifelong member of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church in Deale where he served in numerous positions including Sunday School Superintendent for fifteen years. Bunny enjoyed gardening and sharing the bounty with his friends and neighbors, and loved visiting and spending time with family, friends and people in his community.
Bunny was preceded in death by his parents and by siblings George, Reginald, Carl, Ray, Emma and Edna Nutwell. He is survived by his wife of 67 years Mary Louise (Randall) Nutwell, a son John B. Nutwell, Jr. and wife Deborah, and grandson J. Ross Nutwell, all of Pasadena, and by a great-grandson Mason Ross Nutwell of Ft. Lauderdale FL. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends and family will be received Wednesday November 30 from 2-4 & 6-8 PM at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD. Funeral services and a celebration of Bunny’s life will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday December 1, 2011 at Cedar Grove U.M. Church in Deale, MD. Interment will follow at St. James Parish Cemetery in Lothian, MD.
Memorial Contributions
Expressions of sympathy in Bunny’s name may be made to Cedar Grove U.M. Church, 753 Masons Beach Rd, Deale, MD 20751
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