Gary Alan Schutz

A memorial gathering for Gary Schutz will be held Monday February 16th from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM at Strikers' Corner in Stewartville. A private burial has been scheduled at the Pine Island Cemetery. Mr. Schutz, 53, of Kasson, and a lifelong Pine Island area resident, died Tuesday February 10, 2015 at his home.
Gary Alan Schutz was born May 25, 1961 in Zumbrota, the son of Raymond and Dorothy Schutz. Raised in Pine Island, he served in the U.S. Army in the early 1980s. Over the years, he worked in construction and owned a couple of small businesses. He was a devoted father, and loved fishing, hunting, camping, and playing the drums.
Gary is survived by his fiance, Carmen Debek, of Kasson; two sons, Dustin Schutz and his fiance Cassie Kunkel of Rochester, and Trevor Schutz of Stewartville; a daughter, Ashley Schutz, of Chester; two grandchildren, Hailey Marie Schutz-Vale and Payton Marie Swenningson. Also surviving are a sister, Sanfra (Bob) Winters of Lake Elmo; and two brothers, Morris (Phyllis) Schutz of Stewartville, and Larry (Joanne) Schutz of Rochester.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Diana Lynn McCoy.
Online memorials are being welcomed and may be written at this website.