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::Restlawn Cemetery--Liberal KS

Gladys Tuttle

GUYMON, Okla. - Gladys Tuttle, 94, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Key Heights Baptist Church at 
Perryton, Texas, with Jeff Staton officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m. 
today in Restlawn Cemetery at Liberal, Kan., by Bunch-Roberts Funeral 
Home.

Mrs. Tuttle was born near Guthrie. She graduated from high school at 
Salina, Kan., and attended business school at Denver. She was employed by 
the Denver National Bank.

She married Karl Southern in Denver. They also lived in Nebraska and Waco, 
Texas.

During World War II, they moved to Liberal, and Mrs. Tuttle worked as a 
civilian counselor at Liberal Air Base. After the war, they moved to 
Guymon where they owned and operated Casey's Coffee Shop. She also worked 
in the clothing retail business at J.C. Penny Co., and Ethel's Dress Shop. 
She was a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, serving as 
president.

She married Frank Tuttle in 1952 at Liberal. He died in 1962.

Mrs. Tuttle was a member of First Christian Church where she served on the 
church board, was president of the Ladies Missionary Group and was a 
children's Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Hobby Club and 
Book Club.

She also was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, June Southern.

Survivors include two daughters, Karlyne Wadley of Perryton, Texas, and 
Margo Riddles of Arlington; two brothers, Mory Bell of Littleton, Colo., 
and Louis Bell of California; a stepson, M.L. Southern of Tyrone, Okla.; 
seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and four great-great-
grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be to the building fund at Key Heights 
Baptist Church, 215 S. Kentucky, Perryton, TX 79070; or a favorite 
charity. Memorials will be accepted at Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. 
Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942.

Amarillo Daily News, Oct. 30, 1999
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