Linda M. Lutz
Linda M. Lutz, 66, of Butler passed away Tuesday at the Good Samaritan Hospice. She fought breast cancer for more than three-and-a-half years.
Born on Dec. 6, 1948, in Butler, she was the daughter of John W. Maharg of Butler and the late Betty Jane Lawson Maharg.
Linda was a 1966 graduate of Seneca Valley High School and Butler Beauty School.
She was an accomplished seamstress and hairstylist. She was also the manager with owner Mary Gillman of the former Rest Haven Nursing Home.
She was a member of the Eastern Star, where she was a worthy matron and a past district deputy. She was a dedicated lady of the Syria Shrine and the Daughters of the Nile. She was also a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gibsonia.
Linda enjoyed making dolls, sewing, making cakes, bowling, reading and spending time with her family. She was dedicated for the past seven years to caring daily for her grandchildren.
Surviving are her loving husband, William Lutz, who she married on Feb. 21, 1975; her sons, Benjamin (Tara) Lutz of Butler and Daniel Lutz of Butler; her father, John W. Maharg of Butler; her grandchildren, Aiden and Taylor Lutz of Butler; her siblings, Carol Kravits of Philadelphia, Jerry (Janet) Maharg of Zelienople, Alvin (Janice) Maharg of Odessa, Mo., Connie (Marve) Gaiser of Kittanning and Merle Maharg of Butler; her aunt and uncle, Edgar and June Lawson of Butler; her sister-in-law, Sandra Lutz of Cabot; and her several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Betty Jane Lawson Maharg.
Lutz— The friends of Linda M. Lutz, who passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Fox Funeral Home, 410 W. Main St., Saxonburg. The Eastern Star will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Pastor Tony Schneck officiating. Interment will follow in Butler County Memorial Park.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Shriners Hospital of Erie, 1645 W. 8th St., Erie, PA 16505, or to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gibsonia, 3832 Gibsonia Road, Gibsonia, PA 15004.For more information, please visit www.foxfuneralhomeinc.com.
