Tributes

Carroll 'Shorty' Eugene Cutting\r\nMattoon, IL-Carroll 'Shorty' Eugene Cutting, age 73, of Mattoon, IL, passed away at 8:26 a.m., Monday, April 4, 2011, at the Carle Hospital in Urbana, IL. \r\nA memorial service with Masonic rites will begin at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Masonic Lodge #260, in Mattoon, IL. Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL, 61938 is assisting the family with arrangements. There will be no visitation. \r\nMr. Cutting was born May 23, 1937, in Marion, IN, the son of Bert Cutting , the only blind salvage diver in the Diving Hall of Fame, and Eila (Barnes) Cutting, a blind crafts worker once commended for her sewing by Eleanor Roosevelt during a visit to Illinois. Both parents are now deceased. Carroll married Mary Ellen Mack on May 15, 1993 in Mattoon, IL. She survives. He also leaves two sons, James W. Cutting and wife Kathleen of Huntsville, AL and Bert W. Cutting and wife Mackenzie of San Antonio, TX; four daughters, Sue Boswell and husband Ed of Sigel, IL, Carol Varney and husband Phil of Cora, WV, Betty Shuler and husband Randy of Seymour, IN, Roberta White and husband Charles of Marshall, IN; two brothers, Malin Cutting of Sullivan, IL, and Harry Cutting and wife Dorothy of Riverside, CA; and sixteen grandchildren,Robert, Chrystal, Christopher, Zachary, Ally, Edward, Matthew, Larissa, Megan, Mandy, Dustin, Jayme, Josiah, Hannah, Shelody, and Scheyanna. He leaves several great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, several great nieces and great nephews; two special nephews, Harold Moore and wife Kathy, and Woody 'Jr' Hill and wife Anna; and a special friend, John Lesjack of Santa Rosa, CA. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Harriette Horne-Cutting who passed away in 2009; three daughters, eleven month old Brenda Lee in 1962, twelve week old Della Marie in 1966, and Carolyn Jean in 2009; three sisters, Marguerite Moore, Evelyn Franklin, Frances Dosier. \r\nMr. Cutting was a retired iron worker, a member of the local Masons, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a graduate of jet engine mechanics school. He served our country aboard the submarine USS Sabalo SS-302 in 1955; as a GM striker aboard the USS Lipan ATF 85 in 1956 where he witnessed the detonation of 5 H-bombs in the South Pacific as part of 'Operation Redwing'; and as a cook striker aboard an SK in Japan. He was honorably discharged in San Diego, CA, in 1958. \r\nAt the time of his passing, Carroll was working on a book about his father with a Navy buddy from the USS Lipan, John J. Lesjack of Santa Rosa, CA. \r\nPlease visit www.mitchell-jerdan.com to light a virtual candle in his honor or share a memory with his family. \r\n

Tributes

Carroll "Shorty" Eugene Cutting

May 23, 1937 - April 4, 2011