Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tuttle, Nelson S. February 1, 1950
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Ionia CountyNews - Thurs. Feb. 16, 1950

NELSON S. TUTTLE DIES AT FARM HOME
WAS WELL KNOWN IONIA TWP. RESIDENT

Nelson Samuel Tuttle passed away at his farm home in Ionia township Tuesday 
evening, Feb. 14, at 6:40 o’clock, at the age of 89 years, 10 months and 22 
days.

The son of Almon and Rhoda Jane Tuttle, he was born March 23, 1860, in a log 
cabin on the Tuttle Road, two miles east of the farm home where he has resided 
most of his life. His parents moved to the present Tuttle farm when he was two 
years of age.

During his life on this farm he has seen many changes. As a young man he drove 
an ox team and helped clear the timber and plow the land for the first time. He 
was the advance from the ox cart to the horse and carriage, the automobile and 
later the airplane. He took his first airplane ride in 1927, while visiting his 
sons at Wichita, Kans.

One of his earliest recollections was seeing his father return in 1864 after 
serving with the Union Army in the Civil War. Years later one son served in 
World War I.

He attended Ionia High School and graduated from there in the class of 1884. He 
attended the University of Michigan and Michigan State College, after which he 
taught school for several years.

On July 9, 1890, he married E. Maud Willis of Coburg, Ontario, Canada.

He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served for 14 
years. He came back to the farm to care for his parents and has since resided 
there. He again entered the teaching profession and later served as a guard at 
the Michigan State Reformatory for 17 years. He was a familiar figure as he 
walked to and from work for a number of years.

Mr. Tuttle retired to the farm home, which has been in the family for over 400 
years, in 1937, where he resided with his son Donald and family.

From 1913 to 1916 he served as rural letter carrier on routes north and south 
of Ionia.

An ardent student of the Bible and foreign languages, he spent much of his time 
reading and writing.

His wife, E. Maud, preceded him in death Oct. 16, 1931. A daughter, Margaret 
L., passed away Dec. 26, 1916, at the age of 19 years.

Surviving are four sons, Donald S. and Norman A., of Ionia township; Dr. Clyde 
E. and Dr. Victor A. of Wichita, Kans.; six grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at LeValley Methodist Church at 1:30 Thursday 
afternoon, Feb. 16. Burial in Tuttle Cemetery.




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Tuttle Cemetery – Sec. 1 – Row 1

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