Clarence Herman
(Punch) Otter
Oct. 16, 1916-April 5, 2003

HURON TOWNSHIP -—
Clarence Herman (Punch)
Otter, 86, of Huron Township
died Saturday.

Friends may call from 1 to 9
p.m. Tuesday at Arthur
Bobcean Funeral Home, Flat
Rock. Services will be held at 11
a.m. Wednesday at St. John
Lutheran Church, Waltz. Dr.
Dennis M. Berkesch, pastor of
Our Redeemer Lutheran
Church, Dearborn, and the
Rev. D. Lee Cullen Jr, pastor of
St. Paul Lutheran Church,
New Boston, will officiate.
Burial will be in Michigan
Memorial Park, where grave-
side services will be conducted
by members of Carleton Post
4098, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.

Born Oct. 16, 1916, in Huron
Township, he was the son of
Henry and Wilhelmina (Rinne)
Otter. He married Louise W.
Neumann May 4, 1946, at St.
John Lutheran Church of
Waltz.

Mr. Otter was a lifelong
farmer. For six years, before
enlisting in the Army, he
worked for Ford Motor Co. ©

He served in the Army for 4
¥, years during World War Il,
seeing action in the Pacific the-
ater of operations.

A life member of Carleton
Post 4093, VF'W, he also was a
member of St. John Lutheran
Church and American
Stabilization Conservation
Service.

Surviving are his wife; three
sons, Alan C., Brian L. and
Kevin W, all of New Boston;
two daughters, Karen L. Otter-
Bender and Joan C. Otter, both
of New Boston; two sisters,
Dorothy Lyons and Delphine
Hamilton, both of New Boston;
10 grandchildren, and a great-
grandchild.

He was preceded in death by
five brothers and three sisters.

Memorials may be made to
St. John Lutheran Church.