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==Career==

==Career==

Following their wedding, Nutter entered the farm equipment business in Sidney. He excelled an moved to Glasgow in Valley County, also in northeastern Montana, where he managed a farm equipment company for two years. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Nutter joined the [[United States Army]] Air Forces, the forerunner to the [[United States Air Force]]. He flew in B-24 bombers for sixty-two combat missions and more than five hundred hours of combat time. for thirteen months, he was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater and was discharged at the rank of [[[captain]] after 3.25 years of service.

Following their wedding, Nutter entered the farm equipment business in Sidney. He excelled an moved to Glasgow in Valley County, also in northeastern Montana, where he managed a farm equipment company for two years. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Nutter joined the [[United States Army]] Air Forces, the forerunner to the [[United States Air Force]]. He flew in B-24 bombers for sixty-two combat missions and more than five hundred hours of combat time. for thirteen months, he was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater and was discharged at the rank of [[captain]] after three years of service.

After the war, he returned to eastern Montana and opened his own farm implement dealership in Sidney and in 1948 began working toward a law degree. he was elected to the state Senate in 1950 while he was still in law school. In  1954, he was admitted to the bar and re-elected in the state senate. Originally a political [[conservative]], Nutter turned [[Moderate Republican]] during his brief time as governor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Who In The State House |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017164519/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826757-1,00.html|date=November 16, 1960|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|accessdate=June 2, 2007}}</ref>

After the war, he returned to eastern Montana and opened his own farm implement dealership in Sidney and in 1948 began working toward a law degree. he was elected to the state Senate in 1950 while he was still in law school. In  1954, he was admitted to the bar and re-elected in the state senate. Originally a political [[conservative]], Nutter turned [[Moderate Republican]] during his brief time as governor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Who In The State House |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017164519/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826757-1,00.html|date=November 16, 1960|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|accessdate=June 2, 2007}}</ref>

On the night of January 25, 1962, Nutter was headed to a speaking engagement in Cut Bank in Glacier County in northwestern Montana when the C-47 Skytrain, in which he was a passenger crashed in a blizzard with winds in exess of 100 miles per hour. The aircraft went down in Wolf Creek Canyon north of the capital city of [[Helena]].. Also killed in the crash were Dennis Gordon, his executive secretary; Edward Wren, commissioner of agriculture; and three members of the Montana Air National Guard.

On the night of January 25, 1962, Nutter was headed to a speaking engagement in Cut Bank in Glacier County in northwestern Montana when the C-47 Skytrain, in which he was a passenger crashed in a blizzard with winds in exess of 100 miles per hour. The aircraft went down in Wolf Creek Canyon north of the capital city of [[Helena]].. Also killed in the crash were Dennis Gordon, his executive secretary; Edward Wren, commissioner of agriculture; and three members of the Montana Air National Guard.

The caskets of Nutter, Wren, and Gordon, lay in state in the capitol under the watch of two Montana National Guardsmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607054317/http://governor.mt.gov/news/pr.asp?ID=378|title=Governor Tom Judge to Lie In State in Supreme Court Chambers this Wednesday|accessdate=June 7, 2007 |author=Sarah Elliott|date=September 11, 2006 |publisher=Montana Office of the Governor}}</ref> He was interred at the Sidney City Cemetery. Mrs. Nutter was interred beside her husband upon her death thirty-six years later. their son who died at the age of fifty-eight is interred at Cloverdale Memorial Park in the capital city of [[Boise]], [[Idaho]].<ref>John G Nutter (1948-2006) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 28, 2021.</ref>

The caskets of Nutter, Wren, and Gordon, lay in state in the capitol under the watch of two Montana National Guardsmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607054317/http://governor.mt.gov/news/pr.asp?ID=378|title=Governor Tom Judge to Lie In State in Supreme Court Chambers this Wednesday|accessdate=June 7, 2007|author=Sarah Elliott|date=September 11, 2006 |publisher=Montana Office of the Governor}}</ref> He was interred at the Sidney City Cemetery. Mrs. Nutter was interred beside her husband upon her death thirty-six years later. their son who died at the age of fifty-eight is interred at Cloverdale Memorial Park in the capital city of [[Boise]], [[Idaho]].<ref>John G Nutter (1948-2006) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 28, 2021.</ref>

At the Montana State Capitol in Helena, a bronze plaque remembers Nutter and the others who perished in the air crash.<ref>Charles S. Johnson, "Nutter, others honored with plaque," ''The Billings Gazette,'' September 15, 2006.</ref>

At the Montana State Capitol in Helena, a bronze plaque remembers Nutter and the others who perished in the air crash.<ref>Charles S. Johnson, "Nutter, others honored with plaque," ''The Billings Gazette,'' September 15, 2006.</ref>