Nancy Baugh Cutter

February 22,1929 - April 12, 2017

Nancy Cutter passed away peacefully at Aegis Living in Pleasant Hill, California. She is survived by her husband, David L. Cutter and by their five sons and their wives, Dave, Jr. (Barbara), Tom (Krista), Bill (Renee), Steve (Gail) and Mike (Robin). She is also survived by five granddaughters and two great granddaughters.

Nancy was born in Berkeley, California to Rachel and Clive Baugh, and met Dave in the fourth grade at Cragmont Elementary School. She and Dave continued through Berkeley schools but, after graduating from Berkeley High School, they went their separate ways. Nancy went to Cal and Dave went to Stanford. The schools’ rivalry was often the source of friendly banter between them.

They reacquainted on a blind date set up by a mutual high school friend on New Year’s Eve, 1948. They were married on September 14, 1950 before Dave entered the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Nancy had four of their children in the first five years of marriage, followed by Mike six years later.

She was obviously very busy during those early years. However, she found time to be very active in the Cedar, Jr. Branch of Children’s Hospital in Oakland. The family lived in Berkeley, Redding, Lafayette and Orinda, California before moving to Rossmoor in Walnut Creek in 1998. They bought a small cabin in a Forest Service Tract at Lake Tahoe in 1961 and in 1962 added an addition to accommodate their expanding family. Many summers and some winters were enjoyed by the family over the years and their grandchildren are able to continue that enjoyment today.

Nancy was a wonderful cook and hostess and loved to entertain family and friends. In her later years, she took up counted cross-stitch sewing and her work was shown at several exhibitions and adorns the walls of her home and many others. Nancy and Dave traveled extensively after retirement, especially with two other couples they had known since high school.

In her last years, Nancy showed evidence of Alzheimer’s disease which eventually led to her death. At her request, there will be no memorial service. Anyone desiring to remember Nancy may make a contribution to the charity of their choice.