Alden Parker Tuttle

M, #5951, b. Jul 31, 1906, d. Mar 22, 1999
Relationship5th cousin 2 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
ChartsParker Descendants Chart
Father*Edwin Frank Tuttle b. May 16, 1875, d. Sep 4, 1959
Mother*Colletta Alice Parker b. Mar 12, 1873, d. May 15, 1971

Family

Marjorie Louise Daniels b. Dec 25, 1906, d. Oct 17, 1987

Chronological Events

Birth*Jul 31, 1906 Alden Parker Tuttle was born on Jul 31, 1906 at Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
 He was the son of Edwin Frank Tuttle and Colletta Alice Parker
Marriage*Jul 3, 1931 Alden Parker Tuttle married Marjorie Louise Daniels on Jul 3, 1931. 
Death*Mar 22, 1999 Alden Parker Tuttle died on Mar 22, 1999, at age 92 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.2 
ObituaryMar 23, 1999  OBITUARY: Alden Parker Tuttle, 92, who taught at the University [of Massachusetts] for 42 years, died March 22 [1999] in the Linda Manor Extended Care Facility in Leeds. He taught in what is now the Plant and Soil Sciences Department in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, retiring as an assistant professor in 1972. He was honored as an outstanding professor at Stockbridge in 1970. During the 1930s, he was an assistant coach in Stockbridge's football program. Born in Franklin, he graduated from Milford High School. He was a 1928 graduate of the former Massachusetts Agricultural College and received a master's degree from Penn State two years later. Following his retirement from the University, he served on the board of the Retired Service Volunteers Program and for 20 years volunteered at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds as a horticulture therapy specialist. He had been involved in several volunteer organizations, including the Small Schools Tournament in boys basketball, the Boy Scouts, national fraternal organizations and with the 4-H Club. He was a supervisor of the 4-H building for the annual Three County Fair in Northampton. He had been a member of the First Congregational Church in Amherst for more than 60 years. His wife, Marjorie Louise (Daniels) Tuttle, predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter, Deborah Jacobs of Leeds; two sons, Alden P. Tuttle Jr. of Indiana and Jonathan G. Tuttle of Shutesbury; and a granddaughter. Burial services have not be finalized, as he has donated his body to the Anatomical Gifts Program of the UMass Medical School in Worcester. had been a horticultural therapy volunteer at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds, Massachusetts, United States for 20 years. He will eventually be buried in Wildwood Cemetary in Amherst. A memorial service will be held on the afternoon of Saturday, May 1 at the First Congregational Church. Memorial gifts may be made to the Not Bread Alone Soup Kitchen, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst 01002.     
     
Published in the Compass Chronicle, University of Mass.3


 
Burial*Mar 25, 1999 He was buried on Mar 25, 1999 at Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 217921950.4 

Citations

  1. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S51] Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.