Long-time Quincyian Wanda Lee Zimmerman Hutter was reunited in Heaven with her husband, son, parents, siblings, in-laws and many friends on December 17, 2021. She passed away at Goodwin House Alexandria, in Alexandria, Va., where she had moved in December 2019, following her husband’s death to be closer to immediate family.

Wanda was born January 29, 1925, in Pittsfield, Ill., to Guy Francis Zimmerman and Lora Myrtle Binns. Wanda’s father and uncle opened the Zimmerman Garage in 1914 and in 1915 signed their first agreement to sell Buick automobiles in 1915. The Zimmerman Brothers Company and its ability to survive the Great Depression was a source of pride for Wanda throughout her life. Both her parents were community-minded and taught Wanda and her siblings the values of hard work, savings, and investment, and caring for others – all from a Christian faith that was an anchor of her mother’s life. She also was blessed by her parents with an appreciation for history and particularly the history of our nation’s founding and its great leaders over time.

Following graduation from Pittsfield High School, Wanda entered the University of Illinois where she joined the Pi Beta Phi Sorority and was active in numerous honorary societies and clubs, including the Torch. She graduated in 1946 with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts. On Sept. 1, 1946, Wanda married Eugene Kenneth Hutter, Sr. of Barry, Illinois, following his service in World War II, and they lived in Quincy for their entire married life of 73 years.

Wanda was a member of the Nancy Ross Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a member of the John Howland Society, a sustaining member of the Quincy Service League, a past president of the Quincy Symphony Women’s Board and a past president of the Quincy Senior High Parent Teacher Association.

She was a lifelong member of the First Christian Church of Pittsfield and formerly affiliated with the New Beginnings Church of Quincy.

Among her special interests were the American Bluebird Society and the restoration and perseveration of the Shastid House in Pittsfield and other “Remembering Lincoln” projects, including bronze busts of President Lincoln and his two secretaries in the White House, John Hay and John Nicolay on the courthouse lawn in Pittsfield.

Wanda is survived by her son Jeffrey Hutter and his wife, Angela, of Indianapolis; daughter Lindalyn Hutter of Alexandria, Virginia; grandson Jared Kenneth Hutter of Abilene, Texas; granddaughters Lori Elkins and husband, Todd, and Whitney Lawrence and husband, Brennen; great grandchildren Evan Elkins, Griffin Elkins, Anna Lawrence and William Lawrence; and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Through Jeffrey’s marriage to Angela, Wanda gained grandchildren Kelsey Conrad, Lindsey DeHaven, Tristan DeHaven, and Eli DeHaven, and six great grandchildren. She is also survived by three special friends, Constance “Connie” McClelland, Barbara Dittmer Irvin and Christy Ervin Reis.

Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, son Eugene Kenneth Hutter, Jr., parents, siblings, in-laws and treasured friends. She was the last of her generation among her family and her husband’s family.

Service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 8 at Duker and Haugh Funeral Home with The Rev. Michael Ten Eyck of the First Christian Church of Pittsfield officiating.

Visitation: 10:00 – 11:00 am on Saturday, Jan. 8 at Duker and Haugh Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, the First Christian Church of Pittsfield and the Pike County All Wars Museum in Pittsfield.