Carl Stutz, Radio Announcer, 80 Published: October 14, 1996
RICHMOND, Oct. 13— Carl Stutz, a former radio announcer who was a co-writer of the song ''Little Things Mean a Lot,'' died on Tuesday at the Willow Creek Nursing Home in Chesterfield County, Va. He was 80 years old.
While working at radio station WRVA in Richmond from 1948 to 1961, Mr. Stutz collaborated as a songwriter with Edith Lindeman Calisch, who was the amusement critic for The Richmond Times-Dispatch. He wrote the music; she wrote the lyrics.
Their song "Little Things Mean a Lot" was recorded by the singer Kitty Kallen and was featured repeatedly on "Your Hit Parade" on radio and television during 1954. The recording sold over a million copies in a few weeks.
Mr. Stutz later became a high-school mathematics teacher.
He is survived by two daughters, Riese C. Kelly of Richmond and Lanna Sheehan of Massachusetts.