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     He was born on 22 October 1945 at Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^1,3
     Howard Emerson Schutt died on 5 July 2022 at Caressant Care Nursing Home, Cobden, Township of Whitewater Region, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 76.¹
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Howard Emerson Schutt.
     Howard Emerson Schutt was buried on 21 July 2022 at Schutt Cemetery (aka Emmanuel Evangelical United Cemetery), Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.¹
     Howard Schutt was referenced in a newspaper article about Harvey E. Schutt and Mrs. Harvey E Schutt on 10 August 1969 at the book Reflections of a Century compiled by the Eganville Leader (2002), Eganville, Ontario, Canada; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Schutt Honoured for 25 Years Postal Service
A Surprise Tea was held on Sunday, August 10, 1969, to honour Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Schutt for 25 years service as Postmaster and Postmistress of Schutt Post Office.

The post office had now been closed and rural delivery instigated. Mr. C. F. Schutt was the first Postmaster for Schutt, and he carried on until 1943 at the time of his death. Mrs. C. F. Schutt was then made Postmistress and in 1944 Harvey Schutt took over from his mother. It is now into the third generation with Howard Schutt taking over the Rural Delivery.⁴
     In the obituary of Florence Schutt who died say 7 November 2009, her son, Howard Schutt, of Barry's Bay, ON, was listed as a survivor.⁵

     He was born on 28 February 1903 at Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^1,4 Harvey married Florence Willemina Augusta Brown on 4 September 1934 at the Schutt district, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^5,4,6
     Harvey Emerson Schutt was buried on 3 December 1988 at Schutt Cemetery (aka Emmanuel Evangelical United Cemetery), Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^4,7
     Harvey Emerson Schutt died on 3 December 1988 at the Schutt district, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 85. Note however, that his Find A Grave memorial page gives his place of death as Barry's Bay.^1,4,7
     He, of Schutt P. O., was the informant on the death registration of his father, Christian F. Schutt, who died on 28 February 1943.⁸ Harvey E. Schutt, of Schutt P.O., ON, was the informant on the death registration of his mother, Anna Schutt, who died on 28 April 1944.⁹
     His date of appointment to the Post Office was April 30, 1949, and he retired at the time of the closing of this Post Office on August 12, 1969.³
     The following newspaper article appeared in the book Reflections of a Century compiled by the Eganville Leader (2002) at Eganville at Ontario originally published 10 August 1969 :


See the footnotes below for a link to copyrighted biographical information that appeared at the newspaper The Toronto Star published in Toronto, Ontario, 29 November 1982:
; (photo) Schutts Store shut: Harvey and Florence Schutt stand before their now-dosed general store in Schutt, a village 300 kilometres northwest of Toronto. Hard times closed the store. which Harvey, 79, took over from his parents, Harvey is deaf and lip-reads imperfectly but he struggled to deal with the public and provide for six children.
     Life is a silent struggle for deaf Harvey.
     (by) Frank Jones
     My Canada Gazeteer Atlas lists Schutt, a village northeast of Bancroft, as having a population of 25. Palmer Rapids, the next settlement up the road, has 132. On a bright, frosty day last week I drove the 300 kilometres from Toronto to these two little communities to talk to two men who, in my book, are heroes.
     They're not the kind of guys who win medals. Harvey Schutt Just ran the village store and Bruce Junop is a farmer and machinery on the side. They're Just ordinary, everyday heroes, the kind you'd find in just about any Ontario village.
     Let me tell you about Harvey first, and I'll get around to Bruce in tomorrow's column.
     Ups and downs
     The Schutts came from Germany about 1875 and they must have been regular mountain goats because the village that bears their name feels as if it were built on a camels two humps -- all ups and downs and breathtaking vistas. Today there are two pretty churches and a village store bearing a plaque saying it was established in 1903 and a sign saying, "closed."
     Harvey was born the year his parents opened the store, but as he grew up he gradually became deaf. He was good at figures, had gumption besides, and when he was 21 he opened a garage. He showed me the 1924 calendar still hanging in his kitchen: "H. E. Schutt, Ford Dealer, repairman and licensed driver."
     About the time he married Florence, a local farm girl, Harvey decided there was more money in trucking and lumber work and switched. To this day they say Harvey can't hear a thing but he always knows when there's something wrong with the friggin' truck. "He feels it in his feet," Florence explained.
     Harvey was employing 25 men and managing fine as long as Florence was there to take the phone orders. Then, In the 1940s, his parents died, he sold his lumber business and they reluctantly took over the store and post office.
     There wasn't as much money to be made running the store; they had to stay open until 10 at night, got only one day off a year — Christmas — and dealing with the public was to Harvey a kind of purgatory.
     If he'd lived in the city perhaps he would have had more help, but to this day Harvey lip-reads imperfectly, his eyes darting in panic when he thinks he's missed something. They had forms printed up so customers could tick off what they wanted, but Florence always had to be there to answer the phone.
     Lost without her
     He was lost without her. When he had to go into hospital for an appendix operation she had to stay with him for 10 days while the older of their six children ran the store. From small, the children seemed to recognize their father lived in a special, cut-off, silent world, and would take his hand protectively. In turn, one of his greatest enjoyments was rocking them in his arms when they were tiny.
     From behind their counter Harvey and Florence saw a revolution take place in the rural way of life. When they took over the store in 1945, you couldn't buy bread, milk or butter in their area because the farm families produced their own. Today none of the farmers milks, and they nearly all buy their diced bread and dairy products in the supermarket in town. Thats why you see so many village stores boarded up today.
     Four years ago, Harvey reached the mandatory retirement age for postmasters — 75 — and since then they've been trying to find someone else to run the store.
     A son and then a daughter tried it, but found they could earn more working in the city. And who needs those long hours!
     Harvey and Florence took me into the empty, ice-cold store that's been closed now for about a year. "The stock used to be up to the ceiling," said Florence.
     "I miss it badly sometimes," said Harvey. He refused to sell the meat slicer and the scales, hoping someone will some day open up the store again.
     "But it was a hard life," said Florence.
     Why had they done it then? I asked.
     "Why?" Harvey looked puzzled. "I had to make a living, didn't I. We had six children to bring up." His features dissolved. "And I never heard their voices."
     Florence said nothing, but a large tear formed and ran down her cheek from beneath her glasses.¹⁰
     The following biographical information appeared at the genealogy.com family tree database of Alicia M Schatteman viewed on, 27 December 2000:

     She was born on 10 November 1935 at the Schutt district, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.² Flora married Carl Stein on 1 September 1955 at the Schutt district, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.²
     In the obituary of Florence Schutt who died say 7 November 2009, her daughter, Jean Stein, of Pembroke, ON, was listed as a survivor.³
     In the obituary of Howard Emerson Schutt who died 5 July 2022, Jean Stein, was listed as predeceased.⁴

     She was born on 31 December 1938.³
     Betty Ann Schutt died in 2010.⁴
     Betty Ann Schutt was buried at Schutt Cemetery (aka Emmanuel Evangelical United Cemetery), Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.⁴
     In the obituary of Florence Schutt who died say 7 November 2009, her daughter, Betty Schutt, of Pembroke, ON, was listed as a survivor.⁵
     In the obituary of Howard Emerson Schutt who died 5 July 2022, his sister, Betty Schutt, was listed as predeceased.⁶

     Carl married Flora Jean Schutt on 1 September 1955 at the Schutt district, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.²
     In the obituary of Florence Schutt who died say 7 November 2009, her son-in-law, Carl Stein, was listed as predeceased.³

     In the obituary of Florence Schutt who died say 7 November 2009, her son-in-law, Ron Coulas, was listed as predeceased.²

     He was born on 30 June 1893 at Wingle, Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Birth Registration 030029.^1,2,3 Arthur married Johanna Grahl on 24 June 1912 at Woito, Wilberforce Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.¹
     Arthur Frederick Brown died on 28 March 1952 at the Schutt district, Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.¹ The cause of his death was given as cancer of the bowel, believed to be caused by swallowing a chicken bone which ruptured his bowel.¹
     His name was recorded as Arthur Brown on his birth registration.^3,2
     Arthur Brown appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Raglan & Radcliffe Twps., Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his parents, Herman and Auguste Brown.² Arthur Brown, of Wingle, was the informant on the death registration of his father, Herman Brown, who died on 15 March 1932.⁴ Arthur Brown, of Wingle, Ontario, was the informant on the death registration of his brother-in-law, William Charles Schutt, who died on 16 August 1935.⁵

     She was born on 23 August 1915, possibly in Schutt, at Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Note that I have not been able to verify that Schutt was located in the former Raglan Twp.^3,4
Florence married Harvey Emerson Schutt on 4 September 1934 at the Schutt district, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^2,5,6
     Florence Willemina Augusta Brown died say 7 November 2009 at Marianhill, Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^6,7
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Florence Willemina Augusta Brown was buried at Schutt Cemetery (aka Emmanuel Evangelical United Cemetery), Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^8,9
     Her name was recorded as Florence W Brown on her birth registration.⁴
     The following newspaper article appeared in the book Reflections of a Century compiled by the Eganville Leader (2002) at Eganville at Ontario originally published 10 August 1969 :

     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Ottawa Citizen published in Ottawa, Ontario, 10 November 2009.⁷

     He was born on 12 January 1918 at Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.¹
     Wilfred John Brown died on 18 September 1977 at Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada, at age 59.¹