Jack Klutts
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Longtime TLBAA member Jack Boyden Klutts of Okemah, OK, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at his home. He was also a member of the Oklahoma Texas Longhorn Breeders Association and was one of the organizing and incorporating directors of the affiliate, which was incorporated on January 29, 1981 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Klutz co-owned King Classic (AI Sire #210) and was particularly proud of this 1980 Classic son. His name appears on many earlier pedigrees.
Born February 23, 1934 in Paden, OK, to Quinton L. and Voysie (York) Klutts, he had been a resident of the Okemah area most all of his life. He graduated from Excelsior Schools and later received a bachelor’s degree from Central State University in Edmond.
Klutts retired in 1991 after 25 years of employment at Tinker Air Force Base, He was a member of the Salt Fork Craftsmen (a blacksmith association) and enjoyed doing blacksmith demonstrations for children in Pottawatomie and surrounding counties. He was also a former member of the PRCA.
Klutts served his country with the United States Army from ’56-’58 and was a M.P. at West Point. He and Barbara Kay Mode were married March 19, 1955 in Okemah. Klutts was also a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Shawnee.
Survivors include his wife Barbara Kay Klutts of Okemah; one son, Clay Klutts and wife Marian of Okemah; one daughter Brenda Chaffin of Okemah; one brother, Phillip Klutts of Okemah; two grandchildren, Ashley Bass and Kaitlin Chaffin both of Okemah and one great-grandchild, Skylee Klutts of Okemah.
Donations may be made to the Redeemer Lutheran Church Building Fund at 39307 W. McArthur Shawnee, OK 74804.
