HAROLD RUTLEDGE

GOLDEN CITY- Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Lockwood Cemetery for Harold Edmond Rutledge, 81, Golden City, who died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, at Good Shepherd Community Care in Lockwood, from complications of Alzheimer’s.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to Small Town Feline Friends, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife Virginia of Golden City; two daughters from a prior marriage, Kay "Janelle" Dimond, Shawnee, Kan. and "Carmen" Leigh Rutledge, Lamar; six grandchildren, Chariti Farmer, Ryan Braker, Colton Higgins and wife Kathy, Jordan Dimond and husband Reed, Kendall Morrow and wife Brook and Adrian Dimond, and six great-grandchildren, Emily Johnson and husband Chris, Riley Farmer, Keily Farmer, Adler Braker, Maliya Higgins and Calon Higgins.

Mr. Rutledge was born June 4, 1940, in Jerico Springs, to Harold Elton Rutledge and Vola Beryl (Farmer) Rutledge. He married Virginia Ann Blue on April 14, 1970, in Lockwood.

Mr. Rutledge operated a tire shop in Lamar for many years and later worked as a contractor doing pole inspection for electric co-ops. He served in the U.S. Army, stationed mainly in Germany. He was a member of the Lamar Metro Club and the Shriners. After retirement he and his wife enjoyed spending time on their wooded acreage with their cats, watching wildlife and the changing seasons. He also liked building furniture in his home workshop.