Richard Leland Stutz, 69 of Rochester passed away passed away on June 7, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Campus St. Marys Hospital.

Dick was born on July 21, 1946 in Pascagoula, Mississippi to John "Jack" and Lorna LaVone "Bonnie" (Fiegel) Stutz.

Dick was a 1964 graduate of Rochester John Marshall High School. In 1965, he was drafted into the US Army and served in the 1st Air Cavalry Division in South Vietnam. He was involved in 53 air assaults, the first 26 of them earning him the Air Medal, which he would be a two-time recipient of. Dick was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Infantry Badge. Later he returned for a second tour with the Americal Division. In 1968 he was honorably discharged and returned to Rochester. In 1970, he married Kathleen Crawley in Rochester. Dick worked on the Rochester Police Department as a Peace Officer. He later transferred to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.  He was an avid trapper, hunter, fisherman and bee-keeper. He was a good steward of the land who enjoyed gardening and planting numerous trees and flowers.

Dick is survived by his wife Kathleen of Rochester, his children Daniel of Minneapolis, Anna (Larry) Monskey of Minneapolis, Jesse, Kaylee, Patrick, and  Maureen, his mother Bonnie, six grand-children, three great-grandchildren and siblings David, Diane, Daniel and Bonnie.

He is preceded in death by his father Jack and his brother Peter.

A Funeral Service for Dick will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, June 13, 2016 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Pastor Karen Foster officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  Burial will be in the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery, Preston, MN.

Memorials are preferred to the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter #7110 of Rochester.