Edward Parker Dutton

Mr. Dutton died Friday, Dec. 20, 2002, in Estes Park.

He was born Dec. 4, 1924, in Julesburg, Colo., the son of Frederick and Lucy Dutton. He moved to northern California with his family and graduated with honors from University of California at Berkeley. He received his master’s degree from Columbia University. He moved from Lawrence to Estes Park two and a half years ago.

Mr. Dutton served as a medic in World War II. After school, he was a social worker in New Jersey and Michigan before moving back to California, where he was a social planner for United Way of San Francisco and Ford Foundation in Oakland and taught part-time at UC-Berkeley. He became executive director of California Center for Community Development. He also taught for four years at California State University in Fresno and from 1971 to 1989 at Kansas University. He co-founded Lawrence Interdenominational Food Kitchen, Oldsters United for Responsible Service, Project Acceptance and other community programs in Lawrence. He was also chairman of Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging. In Estes Park, he and his wife were observers for the League of Women Voters at Estes Valley Community Services Coalition Inc. and members of Quaker/Unitarian fellowship.

He married Betty Dutton on Jan. 27, 1950, in Berkeley. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a daughter, Katy Hochstetler, Estes Park; a son, Mark, Estes Park; a brother, Fred; and four grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to LINK, P.O. Box 442472, Lawrence 66044.