Leta I. Cutshall

Leta I. Cutshall, 103, of Britt passed away Thursday, January 29, 2026, at the Kanawha Community Home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at Britt Evangelical Free Church with Rev. Stan Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery, Garner.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Monday at Cataldo Funeral Home, 178 First Ave. S.W., Britt and will resume one hour prior to services at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Britt Evangelical Free Church.

Leta Irene Cutshall, the daughter of Howard and Gladys (DeWitt) Benson, was born on November 1, 1922, on a farm north of Oskaloosa, Iowa. She grew up in Montezuma, Iowa, where she attended school until the eighth grade and graduated from Lacey High School as one of 17 in her class. Leta did housework for several families in the area and then moved with her family to New Sharon, Iowa. She worked in an overall factory in New Sharon and continued her education at Kletzing College (later Vennard College) at University Park for a year. She then did bookkeeping at Pepsi Cola in Oskaloosa. In 1955, she moved to Marion, Indiana, to work for World Gospel Mission as a bookkeeper until December of 1962. On December 27, 1962, she was married to Forest Cutshall in Oskaloosa. They moved to the north Iowa area, living on farms southwest of Britt, east of Corwith, and south of Kanawha, until moving to Britt in 1975. Leta worked at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt for twelve years, retiring in 1989. She enjoyed her family, reading, embroidering, and word seek.

She was a member of Britt Evangelical Free Church where she taught Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, guided a Bible study and was active in AWANA.

Leta is survived by her three sons, Vernon (Iris) Cutshall of Orlando, FL, Floyd (Linda) Cutshall of Corwith, and Lynn Cutshall of Des Moines; three grandchildren, Jared (Andrea) Cutshall, Sarah (Isaiah) Janssen, and Samuel (Brienne) Cutshall; and two great-grandchildren, Leah and Emily.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Forest in 2004; her parents; and a brother, LaVern (Arlene) Benson.