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==Background==

==Background==

Nutter was born in [[rural]] Lambert (now known as Fox Lake) in Richland County in northeastern Montana.<ref name="nga">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034038/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=83cf348fbd997010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|title=Montana Governor Donald Grant Nutter|accessdate=July 28, 2021|publisher=National Governors' Association|date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> His parents were Chesley Earl Nutter(1884-1941)  and the former Anne Grant Wood (1885-1968); he had two brothers. In 1918, the Nutters relocated to Sidney, the Richland County seat of government.

Nutter was born in [[rural]] Lambert (now known as Fox Lake) in Richland County in northeastern Montana.<ref name="nga">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034038/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=83cf348fbd997010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|title=Montana Governor Donald Grant Nutter|accessdate=July 28, 2021|publisher=National Governors' Association|date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> His parents were Chesley Earl Nutter(1884-1941)  and the former Anne Grant Wood (1885-1968); he had two brothers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7123819/donald-grant-nutter|title Donald Grant Nutter|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2021.

 

In 1918, the Nutters relocated to Sidney, the Richland County seat of government. Nutter attended for two years the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, [[North Dakota]],  and  transferred in 1935 to the University of Montana at Missoula. He left school after his father became ill and returned to Sidney, where in 1937 he was named the deputy clerk for Richland County and thereafter became a deputy sheriff.<ref name="nga"/>

Nutter attended for two years the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, [[North Dakota]],  and  transferred in 1935 to the University of Montana at Missoula. He left school after his father became ill and returned to Sidney, where in 1937 he was named the deputy clerk for Richland County and thereafter became a deputy sheriff.<ref name="nga"/>

Nutter met his wife, the former Maxine Pearl Trotter (1917-1998), at an [[ice cream]] shop owned by her parents. They were married in 1938 and had one son, John Grant Nutter (1948-2006). In 1965, Mrs. Nutter married Clifford M. Larson (1910-2000) of Sidney, who had two children from a first marriage.<ref>Maxine Pearl Trotter Larson (1917-1998) - Find A Grave Memorial</ref>

Nutter met his wife, the former Maxine Pearl Trotter (1917-1998), at an [[ice cream]] shop owned by her parents. They were married in 1938 and had one son, John Grant Nutter (1948-2006). In 1965, Mrs. Nutter married Clifford M. Larson (1910-2000) of Sidney, who had two children from a first marriage.<ref>Maxine Pearl Trotter Larson (1917-1998) - Find A Grave Memorial</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 excess of one hundred 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 excess of one hundred 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=July 28, 2021|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=July 28, 2021|author=Sarah Elliott|date=September 11, 2006|publisher=Montana Office of the Governor}}</ref> He an dlater Mrs. Nutter Larson were  interred at the Sidney City Cemetery. 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>