Poplar pastor returns to West Point for memorial

Poplar pastor returns to West Point for memorial

POPLAR — Donna Rutten was nervous. The pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Poplar, Wisconsin, was used to smaller crowds than the West Point Cadet Chapel. Rutten, during an alumni conference held in April, was asked to speak at the memorial service for the servicewomen who had died in the 50 years since the United States Military Academy first let women join the ranks. "I was really quite nervous," Rutten said. "It was starting at 9:30 and at 8:4…