Published in the Eugene, OR - Register Guard 1 September 2004 JOHN SUTTON Jon Sutton of Eugene died Aug. 19 of lung disease. He was 76. Sutton was born Oct. 15, 1927, in Sacramento, and had lived in Eugene for 29 years. He was an Army photographer in Korea in 1951-52. He studied at Boston University and San Francisco State University and received his bachelor of arts degree in music from the University of Oregon in 1976. Sutton was an artist who also had worked as a lithographer, a fabric designer, an art director and a music editor for films. He also was a musician and a composer. The Eugene Ballet Company performed his ballet "Pinocchio" and the Very Little Theatre staged his musical melodrama "East of the Rockies." His major work, an oratorio based on the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., had its premier at the Hult Center in 1988. The Eugene Concert Choir and Oregon Mozart Players will perform Sutton's cantata "The Family of Man" in a memorial concert Jan. 22 in the Hult Center's Soreng Theatre. Sutton sang with the Eugene Concert Choir and the choir of Central Presybterian Church. He enjoyed tutoring both children and adults in art and music appreciation. Sutton is survived by his wife, Ella Evers-Meinardi of Eugene, and two stepchildren, David Evers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Fleur Ramagosa of Novato, Calif. A private service was held Aug. 21, followed by cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to the Eugene Concert Choir. Andreason's Cremation & Burial Service, Eugene, in charge of arrangements.<end> >From the Eugene Area Telephone Book, area code is 541: Andreason's Cremation & Burial Service, 1395 Cross St., Eugene, OR 97402 541-485-6659 Danny Clemmer Clemmer.org