Obit: Clifford Luethye

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Clifford Allen Luethye, 76, of Durant, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at his home.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 28 at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church of Wilton.

Visitation was held one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the United Methodist Church of Wilton in his memory.

Online condolences may be left at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com.

Interment will be in Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery.

Cliff was born in Davenport on June 29, 1942 to Harry I. and Anna E. (Shuger) Luethye.

Cliff graduated from Wilton High School in 1960 and from then Muscatine Community College. He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Cliff married Katherine K. Windman on June 8, 1963 in Muscatine County. He retired from the Rock Island Arsenal in 2007.

He attended the United Methodist Church of Wilton and was a member of the Durant American Legion Post #430. He was a former member of the Wilton Lions Club and the Wilton Jaycees where he had served as president. In early years, he coached dad’s club baseball and softball and he umpired high school softball.

Cliff is survived by his wife Kathy of Durant; his daughters: Lisa (Harvey) Locoh of West Des Moines and Laura Luethye of Davenport; grandson Lawrence Locoh; sister Ova Luethye of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; and his brothers: Tom (Dawn) Luethye and Paul Luethye, both of Wilton.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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