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Tutt Cemetery on Cleveland Road, South Bend, Indiana <br /> <br />John G. Kotz was a highly respected and esteemed leader at the German Evangelical <br />Church. John and Christina Kotz had ten children, all born on the Kotz Family Farm, <br />consisting of seven boys and three girls. Many of the Kotz family members including two <br />grandchildren are buried on the same street, Cleveland Road, at Tutt Cemetery. <br /> <br />Tutt Cemetery was previously known by multiple pioneering family names, but prior to it <br />being named Tutt Cemetery, it was known as Stuckey Cemetery, named after the Stuckey <br />family pioneers that are also buried there. Tutt Cemetery is a locally protected landmark of <br />South Bend. <br /> <br />The children’s names given to the Kotz’s ten were Jacob, George, William, Daniel (the <br />artist), John, Charles, David, Mary, Elizabeth, and Matilda. <br /> <br />The Kotz Family was not only in the farming business, but also heavily involved in the <br />custom wagon making and repair business. The wagon business was known as Kotz <br />Wagon & Smiths, and it’s owners included at least three of John G. Kotz’s sons . Kotz <br />Wagon & Smiths was officially in existence according to banking and business directory <br />records from 1883 to 1901. The business was centrally located in downtown South Bend