David W. Nutting

David W. Nutting, 53, of Mason City, died Monday, July 30, 2012 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 1:30 PM Friday, August 3, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Pastor Kathy Graves officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue and continue at the church one hour prior to services. Memorials may be directed to Stebens Children’s Theatre. Dave was born January 6, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of Ernest and Dorothy (Meyer) Nutting. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1978. He went on to attend the Music Business Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Dave married Melanie Fuller March 24, 1984 in Mason City. Dave worked for Potter Music Company in Mason City and later owned and operated Mason City Music. Following the sale of the business, Dave attended Hamilton Business College which later became Kaplan University. He would go on to become an instructor at Kaplan teaching Business and Computer Technology. He also owned and operated Mason City Web, designing web-sites, and provided lighting and sound for Stebens Children’s Theatre. Dave was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Some of his interests included travel, movies, reading, music, and technology. Dave was an inspiration to his family and friends during his long and courageous battle with cancer. Dave is survived by his wife, Melanie of Mason City; children, Brianna, age 22, and her fiancé Alan Cooper, of Plymouth and Shae, age 15 at home; Father and Mother in law, Donald and Bernadine Fuller of Mason City; step-mother, Yvonne Addis of Mason City; sisters, Jenny (Craig) Kelchen of Iowa City and their daughter Amelia, Erin (Nick) Caster of Iowa City and their children James and Ben; sisters-in-law, Toni (Tom) Merfeld of Clive, Lynn DeVries of Des Moines; several nieces and nephews. Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Dorothy Nutting.

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