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Susan Kristina Ostlin McNutt, 57, died May 3, 2007 in Southern California of breast cancer. She was born in Vallejo and came to live in Yountville when in elementary school. She attended Redwood Junior High and was a 1967 graduate of Napa High School. Sue attended Mt. San Antonio College, Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton. She retired after a long career in fiscal management and accounting in the aerospace industry in Southern California.
Sue met her second husband Bob while taking flying lessons in Fullerton. They had moved to Big Bear in 2001. He was killed in a plane crash in Big Bear in November 2006.
Sue loved horses and was a member of the Vaqueros Club. She also served leadership positions in the Soroptimist Club and with her church.
She was predeceased by her parents, brother and foster father Lynn Entenman. (Note: Her foster mother Eleanor Entenman has since died.) She is also survived by the Entenmans’ children Jim, Joann and Mary-Ann and their families, as well as numerous friends. She is also survived by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law Don and Lee McNutt and family.
A memorial service was held June 9, 2007 in Big Bear. Donations may be made to the McNutt Memorial Fund c/o the Presbyterian Church of Big Bear Valley, P.O. Box 6505, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315.
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Betty McCormick (Malmgren)
Sue and I became fast friends at Redwood. I had known her for some time before she confided that she was in foster care. She shared that at a slumber party at Judy Brunt’s house, still remember that. Her foster mother, Mrs. “E” often hosted slumber parties for us… all the way up in Yountville. Seemed so far away then. They lived on the grounds of the Vet’s home since Mr. Entenman worked there. Then at Napa High Sue and Jim and George and I double dated for the prom, graduation, all the milestones of the senior year.
The photo at the airport is when Claudia Reed and I saw Sue off for her next chapter in Southern California. After graduation, she went to live with her father. I remember on my honeymoon stopping by to see Sue and her first husband when he was going to Humboldt State and they lived there for a time. She had a great career in aerospace back in Southern California, met her second husband learning how to fly. He was killed in a plane crash. Sue died just months later. Claudia and I went to Big Bear for her memorial service and shared photos of her Napa years. Smart, loyal, caring, beautiful, fun and funny. She is missed.
Bonnie McMillan (Terribilini)
Such a beautiful tribute & wonderful memories of Sue, Betty.