Alvin Lutz

My Life Story Alvin "Al" Eric Lutz, 80, of Star, Idaho, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2014. A Memorial will be held on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the Meridian Friends Church, 1021 W. Pine Ave., Meridian, from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. Al served our country as a Marine in the Korean War, and was a retired maintenance foreman for the Sweetwater School District, in California, before moving to Idaho in 1982. He was a gardener, gunsmith and avid hunter. He loved to spend time with his family and friends and was always willing to help with anything they needed. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. He is survived by his loving wife Nancy, half-sister Joyce, children, Maggie Smith Ranney, Paul "Bear"' Lutz, Stephen Lutz, Brian Hagberg, Wendy Ferrer and Mary Krone, grandchildren, David, Jessie, Sean, Bree, Logan, Brennan and Faith, as well as 6 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and other relatives. He is preceded in death by his grandson Nathan, brothers: Emil, Eugene and Conrad, and half-sister Carol. A memorial fund has been set up in Al's name at the Boise DAV. Donation may be made atwww.DAV.org or mailed in his name to DAV, 444 W Fort St., Ste. 143, Boise, ID 83702.