Elizabeth D. Tuttle, 90, of Boxford, formerly of Saxtons River, VT
and South Woodstock, CT, died peacefully at home on July 1, 2016.
Born in Danielson, CT, on October 23, 1925 to Irving Wilder Davis
and Dorothy Dorrance (Paine) Davis, she was educated at Northfield
School and earned a bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College. On
June 16, 1948 she married Lawrence Emerson Tuttle of Millbrook, NY,
with whom she shared sixty-four years of marriage before his death
in 2012.
A preschool educator, Mrs. Tuttle taught for a number of years at
Family Kindergarten in North Andover, MA. She loved animals of all
kinds and shared her home with a long succession of beloved dogs and
cats; she also enjoyed gardening, especially at the family’s
longtime vacation home in Proctorsville, VT.
Mrs. Tuttle is survived by her five children, Elizabeth Dorrance (Dorrie)
Ellsworth, Lawrence E. (Emerson) Tuttle, Jr., Harriot (Hatsy) T.
McGraw, Peter B. Tuttle, and Catherine T. DeSalvo and their spouses;
eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was
predeceased by her sister, Martha Davis Zubretsky.
Services will be private. Arrangements by the Whittier-Porter
Funeral Home of Ipswich. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made
to the Lawrence E. Tuttle Scholarship Fund, c/o Brooks School, 1160
Great Pond Road, North Andover, MA, 01845, or to the charity of your
choice.
