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Monday, October 12, 2009
Frank August Stutz, 100, who spent more than 35 years as a teacher and administrator at Alice Deal Junior High School in the District, died
Sept. 30 at Sibley Memorial Hospital after a heart attack.
Mr. Stutz was a lifelong Washington resident and a 1927 graduate of McKinley Technical High School (now McKinley Technology High
School). He was a football team captain, a class officer and a member of the track team and took part in class plays and other school
activities.
He was a magna cum laude graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and was the starting center on the football team and a member
of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He worked at a steel mill before becoming a science and mathematics teacher at Alice Deal in 1933. He
received a master's degree in education from George Washington University in 1940.
After serving in the Army during World War II, Mr. Stutz became assistant principal of Alice Deal, considered one of the District's premier
junior high schools at the time. He was the school's principal from 1955 until his retirement in 1970.
He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa International, an organization for teachers, and was active in Lehigh alumni affairs. He was a member
of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in the District and a past president of the Friendship Heights chapter of the Lions Club.
His wife of 35 years, Marie Trede Stutz, died in 1969
His second wife, Paula Nalley Stutz, whom he married in 1975, died in May.
Survivors include four children from his first marriage, Johanna Scherzer of Clinton, George F.A. Stutz III of Mount Airy, Sarah Maples of Fair
Oaks, Calif., and Frances Doud of Arlington; three stepchildren, William Nalley of Annapolis, Lois Zeller of Laguna Beach, Calif., and
Kathleen Clopton of Kensington; 26 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
Frank August Stutz, 100, who spent more than 35 years as a teacher and administrator at Alice Deal Junior High School in the District, died
Sept. 30 at Sibley Memorial Hospital after a heart attack.
Mr. Stutz was a lifelong Washington resident and a 1927 graduate of McKinley Technical High School (now McKinley Technology High
School). He was a football team captain, a class officer and a member of the track team and took part in class plays and other school
activities.
He was a magna cum laude graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and was the starting center on the football team and a member
of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He worked at a steel mill before becoming a science and mathematics teacher at Alice Deal in 1933. He
received a master's degree in education from George Washington University in 1940.
After serving in the Army during World War II, Mr. Stutz became assistant principal of Alice Deal, considered one of the District's premier
junior high schools at the time. He was the school's principal from 1955 until his retirement in 1970.
He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa International, an organization for teachers, and was active in Lehigh alumni affairs. He was a member
of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in the District and a past president of the Friendship Heights chapter of the Lions Club.
His wife of 35 years, Marie Trede Stutz, died in 1969
His second wife, Paula Nalley Stutz, whom he married in 1975, died in May.
Survivors include four children from his first marriage, Johanna Scherzer of Clinton, George F.A. Stutz III of Mount Airy, Sarah Maples of Fair
Oaks, Calif., and Frances Doud of Arlington; three stepchildren, William Nalley of Annapolis, Lois Zeller of Laguna Beach, Calif., and
Kathleen Clopton of Kensington; 26 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel