John P. Gutting

John Philip Gutting of Church Hill, Maryland died on December 31, 2006 at Chester River Hospital Center in Chestertown, Maryland. He was 63. He was born on May 1, 1943 in Shelbyville, Indiana, the son of the late, Captain J. Philip Gutting and Betty Morris Gutting of Chestertown, Maryland. He was a 1961 graduate of Annapolis High School and in 1969 he earned a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Honors from the University of Illinois. He married Suzanne Flaer in 1966 and in 1970 they moved to Annapolis, Maryland. John’s design practice was established in Annapolis in 1970. Among his accomplishments are: St. John’s College (Annapolis) 100 year design plan, Outdoor Pavilion and Landscape Design for Chester River Hospital Center, Kent County Courthouse Landscape Design in Chestertown, MD, brick walk restoration and distinctive design for High Street for the town of Chestertown, Terrapin Nature Park in Stevensville, MD, Peninsula Park in Arnold, MD, and many private residential properties from Georgetown, MD to Estates on the Eastern Shore. Mr. Gutting’s professional awards include the heritage Award for Architecture and Design Magazine, Progressive Architecture Honor Award for Urban Design, Baltimore Magazine, The Baltimore Sun Magazine, Chesapeake Life, and Nova Scotia Nature Trust Legacy Circle. Mr. Gutting enjoyed photography, fishing, running, cycling, basketball, and playing with his grandchildren. "It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul." Margaret Fuller In addition to his mother and his wife, Suzanne, he is survived by his children, Rani Fordi of Chestertown, MD, Jeffrey Gutting of West Chester, PA, and Liz Gutting of Baltimore, MD; grandchildren, Susanna, James, and Ella Grace; two brothers, Graham Gutting of Abilene, TX and Peter Gutting of Winthrop, MA; two sisters, Ann Gutting and Sarah Sheehan, both of Winthrop, MA. Services will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Church Hill, MD. Interment will be held privately. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage, P.O. Box 1745, Easton, Maryland 21601, or Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, P.O. Box 169, Queenstown, MD 21658, or Nova Scotia Nature Trust, P.O. Box 2202, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J3C4.