Lawrence Trautman

August 16, 1922 - July 19, 2012

Sutton resident Lawrence Trautman, 89, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the Sutton Community Home in Sutton, NE. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sutton, NE with Rev. Judy Nuss officiating. Interment will follow at the Sutton Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 1 p.m.-8 p.m., at Sutton Memorial Chapel in Sutton, NE. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Lawrence Trautman was born Aug. 16, 1922, to William G. and Eva (Weikum) Trautman in Sutton, Neb. He received his early education at District 8 in Fillmore Co. and graduated from Grace Bible Institute of Omaha, NE. While in Omaha he was involved with street mission work and after graduation he did mission work in Arkansas and Oklahoma. This street mission is known as the Open Door Mission. In later years he was employed by the Sutton parks. He also spent 11 years with Plettner Feeds and ran his own shoe repair business at his house. On Sep. 16, 1966, he was married to Sophia Green and they were married 46 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sophie; his parents, brother, Harold; sister, Linda Berry and niece Karla Way. Survivors are sister, Miriam Way of Lincoln, Neb.; nephew, Leroy and family of Hastings, Neb.; nephew, Mark Way and family of Chesapeake, VA.; niece, Karna Latham and family of Waco, Neb.