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CUTLIP, Gerald Lee[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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Name CUTLIP, Gerald Lee [4, 5] Birth 4 August 1940 Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, United States of America
[4, 5] Gender Male Death 5 March 2008 Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, United States of America
[4] Burial Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, United States of America
[4] Notes - Gerald Lee Cutlip, Jerry, as his affectionately known by family and friends, died on Monday, May 5, 2008 at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio after a very courageous battle of Lung Cancer. He successfully beat his illness, only to have a very aggressive cancer reappear in his liver in April. Still determined to beat this “evil foe”, he continued doing his “daily chores” at his farm with help from family and friends.
Jerry was born August 4, 1940 in Sutton, WV to the late Harry and Dorothy Dillon Cutlip. He moved to Ohio the day after graduation on 1959, where he made his home.
A resident of Mantua since 1973, he was a meat cutter in Cleveland for Superior Meats in Aurora. He was the owner-operator of Jerrys Sohio-Jerry Mart in Mantua for over 30 years. He retired in 2003 to his farm. A man who had a passion for farming and raising beef cattle. Jerry loved all animals.
Jerry loved to BBQ fresh spareribs, his own special farm raised steaks and burgers. His refrigerators were always filled for his family and friends when they would drop by, which was usually every weekend and several evenings through the week. Jerry cooked fresh burgers outside on the grill for his sisters when they visited him in November.
John Wayne “The Duke” was his favorite actor, and Jerry was known on more than once occasion to express his fondness for “Howdy Pilgrim”. Jerry was an avid Cleveland Browns fan and enjoyed hunting. He was a member of the Meat Cutters Local Union in Cleveland.
On August 22, 1998 Jerry married Shirley J. Underwood Cutlip who survives at their home. Also surviving is one son, Scott (Lisa) of Shalersville, two daughters, Kimberly Byers of Hiram, Lisa (Gary) Urban of Mantua and two step-children. Brother, Johnnie Cutlip, two sisters, Wilda (Bud) Skidmore and Linda (Richard) Nettles all of WV. His grandchildren, Ashley, Josha, Dillon, Tucker, Emma, Jaon, and Brandon and his 2 devoted dogs, Blue and Cody.
Services were held at the Greene Family Funeral Home in Mantua. Burial followed in the Hillside Cemetery in Mantua. Honoring Jerry as pall bears were Joshua Cutlip, Jason Carlton, Shayne Cutlip, Mike Liester, Barky Zoller and Harry Buchert.
Memorials may be made to the Mantua-Shalersville Fire Fighters Association, Rt. 44, Mantua, Ohio 44255.
Person ID I422416109412 Ancestry dot com tree Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
Father CUTLIP, Harry Marlin, b. 5 April 1915, Braxton County, West Virginia, United States of America
d. 13 June 1990, Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, United States of America
(Age 75 years) Mother DILLON, Dorothy Mae, b. 23 September 1917, Barbour County, West Virginia, United States of America
d. 20 July 1961, Summit County, Ohio, United States of America
(Age 43 years) Family ID F1199 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 CUTLIP, P.S. Children 1. CUTLIP, K. 2. CUTLIP, L.M. 3. CUTLIP, S.L. Family ID F1825 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
Family 2 UNDERWOOD, Shirley Jean, b. 7 June 1938, Mahan, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States of America
d. 8 July 2008, Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, United States of America
(Age 70 years) Marriage 22 Aug 1998 [1, 6] Family ID F1824 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
- Gerald Lee Cutlip, Jerry, as his affectionately known by family and friends, died on Monday, May 5, 2008 at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio after a very courageous battle of Lung Cancer. He successfully beat his illness, only to have a very aggressive cancer reappear in his liver in April. Still determined to beat this “evil foe”, he continued doing his “daily chores” at his farm with help from family and friends.
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