Roger Leslie Lutz, Sr., 91, Yountville, CA

[Stan]

Roger Leslie Lutz, Sr., 91, passed away Sept. 28, 2011, at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville. He was born Dec. 27, 1919, in Chungking, China, to Earnest and Lillian Lutz. He graduated from Loma Linda Academy in 1938, and was inducted into the Army in 1942.

In 1944 he was in France, where he provided vital support to front line troops. He married Janice Mildred Downing on Sept. 4, 1946. He then worked for Dean Turner Trucking and Church Furniture while attending Pacific Union College.

Upon graduating in 1957, with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, Roger bought a bottled water company. Throughout his life he was a small business owner, an active member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and constantly used his many “fix it” talents. He belonged to and worked for various charities around the Napa Valley for 45 years.

He is survived by his children: Son, Roger L. Lutz, Jr., and his wife, Marlys D. Lutz; daughter, Marcia D. Lehman and her husband, John C. Lehman; his sister, Doris Klopping; brother-in-law, Marvin Klopping; sister-in-law, Viola Schneider; grandsons and their wives, Roger and Amber Lutz, Wesley and Chrislyn Lutz, Nicholaus and Jamie Lutz, Jeffrey and Brittany Lehman; grandson, Jason Lehman; great-grandchildren, Kaiza, Andrew and Asher Lutz.

A celebration of life will be held at Elmshaven Seventh Day Adventist Church on Nov. 5, 2011, at 3 p.m. Donations in his memory may be sent to the Foothills School Worthy Student fund in C/O Elmshaven SDA Church, 1 Woodland, St. Helena, CA, 94574.

Condolences to the family may be sent at claffeyandrota.com.

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[John317]

I didn't know Roger Lutz but I'm very sorry to hear of his passing.

I'm sure he had a brother or other close relative whom I knew by the name of Dr. Lutz. They looked very similar. He lived in Loma Linda during the mid- 1970s. I used to see him on the bus which students took over to La Sierra campus.