Max Stutz

Max Stutz, 87, of McAllen, Texas passed away on September 13, 2020.   He was born on November 14, 1932 the son of Reidel and Rachel Ingram Stutz.   Max graduated from A.C.C.H.S High School at Effingham, Kansas in 1951.   He attended Kansas State University in 1959, received his master’s degree in 1961 and his PHD from the University of Missouri in 1969. After many years of university research, he worked at Midwest Grain in Atchison from 1985-1988 and Fred Stein Laboratories in Atchison from 1988-1994.

Max was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Howard and Don Stutz.

He is survived by his son Dudley Stutz and wife Cynda of Savannah, Georgia; two daughters, Vickie Leonard and husband John of Belle, Missouri and Kathy Stutz of Springfield, Missouri; stepdaughter Joy Stinson-Merritt and husband Tom of Grand Prairie, Texas; granddaughter Summer Shackelford and husband Cody of Springfield, Mo, and great grandson Layne Shackelford,Springfield; sister Peg Frederick of Topeka, sister-in-law Ann Stutz of Atchison, Kansas, and several nieces and nephews.   He will be inurned in the columbarium at Rochester Cemetery in Topeka on a later date.