Del Beutler, 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, Dec. 21, 2013. Beutler was born June 10, 1920, in Mountpelier, Idaho, and moved to Sacramento, Calif., as a young boy. In 1940, he married his beloved wife Norma Dorothy “Doady” Dickson and was married 49 years. They had two children, Gary and Judy. Beutler was active in the U.S. Navy from 1944-46, working as an aviation metalsmith repairing airplanes at Twenty-Nine Palms Military Base in California.
In 1947, Beutler started Beutler Sheet Metal, which evolved into Beutler Corp., and is currently headquartered in McClellan, Calif.