Robert B. Tuttle
1911-Dec. 19, 1937
Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 20, 1937, page 2 col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
RITES WEDNESDAY FOR ROBERT TUTTLE
Niles Man Wages Losing battle Against "Strep" Infection
Robert B. Tuttle, 26, popular member of Niles' younger set, and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Tuttle, 902 East Main street, died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning in Pawating hospital.
Robert had been seriously ill for the last three weeks with a streptococci infection. He entered the hospital Dec. 3 and since that time had undergone 12 blood transfusions.
The Rev. Guy W. Simon of the First Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Tuttle was a member, will conduct funeral services at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The services will be held in the Rutherford funeral home followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery.
Mr. Tuttle spent almost his entire life in Niles, having moved here with the parents from Warsaw, Ind., at the age of three months. He was educated in the Niles schools and was a member of the 1933 graduating class.
At the time of his illness he was employed as a clerk in this father's grocery store. Prior to that he had worked for the Railway Express company, and as a salesman for several firms.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. William N. Crum, South Bend; Mrs. M.R. Taylor, Aurora, Ill., and Mrs. John Forler, Niles.
Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 22, 1937, page 2 col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Tuttle Services
The Rev. Guy W. Simon of the First Presbyterian church will conduct funeral services for Robert B. Tuttle, 26, at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Services will be held in the Rutherford funeral home followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Tuttle died Sunday morning in Pawating hospital following an extended illness.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 22, 1937, page 2 col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Tuttle Rites
William Wozniak, Delbert Susan, Clair Smith, Richard Sutton, Robert Swain and Charles Finch served as pallbearers at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the funeral of Robert B. Tuttle. Services were conducted in the Rutherford funeral home by the Rev. Guy W. Simon, of the First Presbyterian church. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Tuttle died Sunday in Pawating hospital following an extended illness.