Marcille Stutz’s life has been filled with music, love, farming and family, creating a medley of memories that she looks back upon fondly.
Currently, she resides at the CrownPointe Senior Living Community, a place she has called home since her husband Marvin Stutz passed away.
Marcille Stutz was raised in Greensburg. Her life began in a structure on Vandalia Road, where she was born. Stutz said she was delivered by Dr. Porter from Westport, and after that, her mother and father purchased a farm and moved up the road.
“I was a daddy’s baby,” Marcille Stutz said.
As she grew up, she began taking music lessons, playing several years Piano lessons were not her favorite, she admitted.
“I wanted to get the lesson over with so I could play with my dog Buddy outside,” she said.worth of piano from her father.
While she attended Greensburg High School, she joined the band as a saxophone player. Eventually, she worked her way up to first chair and was able to lead the saxophone section.
“I love music. I was in the choir, even,” Stutz explained.
When she was a child, much of her free time was spent playing her dog and other animals inside her family’s barn.
“On Saturdays, I would sit on a wood box on a gas well, and had to churn the butter,” she said.
In school, she met her husband.
“Marvin won the athletic medal,” she said. “He was the best basketball player. But he liked baseball.”
Once out of high school, Stutz was eager to start her life.
She gave birth to two children, Marsha (Stutz) Lay and John Stutz. Marsha, Marcille Stutz explained, was once a lifeguard at the Greensburg swimming pool and had saved the life of a little boy during a swim on Independence Day. John Stutz, she said, had served in the Marines and now lives in Greensburg.
“He’s my boss,” Marcille Stutz said. “He owns a farm south on 46.”
Farming was something that had been passed down to her, and something she passed down to her children.
“My whole family was in 4-H,” she said. “My husband was superintendent of the 4-H fair board.”
During the family’s adventures in Decatur County, Marsha was crowned Miss Decatur County and the same time John Stutz was becoming the 4-H beef grand champion. He was also designated a grand champion in Rushville and went on to the Indiana State Fair.
Now, Marcille Stutz occupies her time by helping people. She attends the First Christian Church and recently celebrated a milestone birthday surrounded by her friends and loved ones.
“I have a lot of people that love me,” she said. “I love life, but I’m in trouble most of the time.”
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