
Sara E. ‘Sally’ Sutton
Sara E. “Sally” Sutton, D.O. died on July 27, 2024, after a long professional career including family practice and osteopathic manual medicine in Renwick, Fort Dodge and Des Moines. She retired at the age of 88.
Sally is survived by her sister, Mary Grace (Don) Washburn; sister-in-law, June Sutton; as well as many nephews, nieces and cousins including Barb and Chris. She was pre-deceased by brothers, Gerald H. and James Craig Sutton; sister-in-law, Calista; and nephew and niece, William, Stan, Gery Sutton, Mark Washburn and Barb Sutton.
Sally was born on July 6, 1926, in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School. She attended Drake University, Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, to study pipe organ and voice, and graduated in 1953 from (then) D.M. Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now D.M. University). Drake bestowed a Doctorate in Humane Letters upon her on May 10, 1990. She organized and sang in the Ft. Dodge Choral Society.
She served as an adjunct professor, F.P. faculty at DMU, director of the F.P. Residency program at D.M. General Hospital and established a practice in osteopathic manipulation in her home.
Sally held many offices in her district and state osteopathic organizations, including as president of the American Academy of Osteopathy.
Sally was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church from 1995 until she joined Plymouth United Church of Christ in 2013. She was also a member of Chapter KT of PEO. In 2003, she published “Dr. Sally’s Cookbook — With and Without Sin!”
Sally is survived by her sister, Mary Grace (Don) Washburn; sister-in-law, June Sutton; as well as many nephews, nieces and cousins including Barb and Chris. She was pre-deceased by brothers, Gerald H. and James Craig Sutton; sister-in-law, Calista; and nephew and niece, William, Stan, Gery Sutton, Mark Washburn and Barb Sutton.
Sally was born on July 6, 1926, in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School. She attended Drake University, Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, to study pipe organ and voice, and graduated in 1953 from (then) D.M. Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now D.M. University). Drake bestowed a Doctorate in Humane Letters upon her on May 10, 1990. She organized and sang in the Ft. Dodge Choral Society.
She served as an adjunct professor, F.P. faculty at DMU, director of the F.P. Residency program at D.M. General Hospital and established a practice in osteopathic manipulation in her home.
Sally held many offices in her district and state osteopathic organizations, including as president of the American Academy of Osteopathy.
Sally was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church from 1995 until she joined Plymouth United Church of Christ in 2013. She was also a member of Chapter KT of PEO. In 2003, she published “Dr. Sally’s Cookbook — With and Without Sin!”