Ross MacLeod Sutton's Obituary
Iowa Mr. Ross M. Sutton, 77 of Urbandale passed away peacefully on March 15, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 1:00pm in the J.B. Rhodes Jr. Memorial Chapel of J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations. The interment will follow in the Aldridge-Henderson Cemetery, Dudley, NC. He was born on August 7, 1935 in Armour (Polk County), NC to Lloyd Ross and Pearl Bibbs Sutton. He received his Masters of Business Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH and was a lifetime member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Ross served with the U.S. Army during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He worked for the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the IRS for over 30 years, retiring in 1990 as the Chief of the CID in Des Moines. Ross is survived by his loving wife, Mona F. Sutton of Urbandale; two sons, Ross II (Sara) Sutton of Merritt Island, FL and Julian (Renee') Sutton of Bettendorf; one sister, Edith (Larry) Waddell of Riegelwood, NC; grandchildren, Emily, Evan and Tre'; and many other loving relatives and friends. Ross was an Elder at Connections Christian Church in Clive. Memorial contributions are being directed to Connections Christian Church, The National Parkinson's Foundation, American Heart Association or The American Cancer Society. The professional, sympathetic, dignified and compassionate final local care of Mr. Sutton has been entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
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