The Reverend Richard Allan Sutton, 65 yrs., of Honey
Brook, PA, passed away peacefully under the care of his beloved family and
Neighborhood Hospice at his home on Sunday, April 1, 2012.
He was born on October 1, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA and was the son of the late
Harold A. Sutton and Irene Teitsworth Sutton. He was the brother of
Donald Sutton of Charlotte, NC. He is survived by his wife, Carol McKee
Sutton, a daughter, Wendy Shackleford (married to James Shackleford) of
Canal Winchester, OH and a son, Jeffery Sutton (married to Danielle Conley), of
Burlington, MA. He has two grandsons, James Nathan and Matthew Allan
Shackleford.
Rich was a graduate of Roxborough High School in
Philadelphia, West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV, Methodist
Theological School in Delaware, OH, and Princeton Theological Seminary in
Princeton, NJ.
He was a pastor for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United
Methodist Church for 40 years, serving churches in Hatboro, Olney, Lawndale,
Radnor, Springfield, Glenmoore, Spring City and Thorndale. Rich enjoyed
woodworking, fishing, boating, gardening, and singing which included a stint
with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Chancel Choir of Calvary
Lutheran Church.
Rich has donated his body to the Human Gifts Registry
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and will be going to the Milton Hershey
Medical Center.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 7,
2012 at 1 PM at Calvary Lutheran Church, 730 South New Street, West Chester,
PA 19382 with Pastor Dan Krewson officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorial contributions be
made in the memory of Rich to the Neighborhood Hospice, 400 East Marshall
Street, West Chester, Pa. 19380 or www.nvnacc.com
Arrangements
by The Labs Funeral Home, Inc. of Honey Brook, Pa.
For additional information and online condolences, please
visit www.thelabsfh.com