Ivan Leonard Cutler, 81

Born on Dec. 23, 1925 in Guthrie, Okla., he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving his country during WWII, attended Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. and Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., he was the Chief Observer of Oil Exploration in Tulsa, Okla., retired as an industrial electrician from Amerada Petroleum Co. in Tulsa, Okla., and was a member of Christ United Methodist Church.

Mr. Cutler was preceded in death by his parents James Vernon and Jane Rebecca Inskeep Cutler.

Survivors include his wife Billie L. Cutler of McMinnville; daughters and sons-in-law, Marella Marie and Gunnar Aasbo of Stathelle, Norway, Carolyn Anne and Willard Powell of McMinnville, Pamela C. and Bill Marcy of Saltillo, Miss., and daughter, Rhonda Kay Cutler of McMinnville; sisters, Viola Mae Alsbury of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mona Marie Simpson of Wellston, Okla.; brother, Alvin B. Cutler of Spokane, Wash.; 17 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren survive.

Funeral service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday in the McMinnville Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Mark Carrigan will officiate. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory. Military grave rites will be administered by American Legion Post 173 and VFW Post 5064. The Cutler family will receive friends today from 2 to 4 p.m. and again on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.