VALLIE NICHOLAS TUTTLE, SON
OF THE LATE VALLEY HARRISON
TUTTLE OF TUFT, CALIFORNIA,
AND MABEL LOUISE NORD OF
LICKING, MISSOURI, WAS
BORN ON MARCH 26, 1948,
IN TAFT, CALIFORNIA. NICK
DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
SEPTEMBER 1, 1985, AT THE
AGE OF 37 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS,
AND FOUR DAYS. HIS SUDDEN,
UNEXPECTED DEATH, WHICH
OCCURRED AT HIS HOME ON
HIGHWAY 32 IN LICKING, MISSOURI,
WAS THE RESULT OF BEING HIT BY
A PICKUP TRUCK WHILE HE WAS
MOWING HIS FRONT YARD.NICK
TUTTLE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE
TO TERRY LYNN HARRIS ON JUNE
28, 1968. ONE SON, BRAIN NICHOLAS
TUTTLE, WAS BORN TO NICK AND
TERRY IN 1974. ON AUGUST 30, 1985,
THEY ADOPTED A 12 YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER, DEBRA. THEY RESIDE
IN LICKING,MISSOURI.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN,
HE SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER,
MABEL NORD, TWO SISTERS:
BARBARA HATCH OF SAUDIA
ARABIA AND SANDIA YARNALL
OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, A
HALF-SISTER: VALERIE TUTTLE
AND A HALF- BROTHER: DAVID
TUTTLE, BOTH OF TAFT,
CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS MANY
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
INITIALLY, NICK ATTENDED LICKING
HIGH SCHOOL,THEN GRADUATED
FROM TAFT HIGH SCHOOL IN IN TAFT
CALIFORNIA. IN THE SUMMER OF 1967,
HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE. AFTER
TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE
BASE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, HE
TAUGHT SURVIVAL TRAINING.
FOLLOWING THAT, HE WAS
STATIONED IN GUAM UNTIL
HE COMPLETED HIS MILITARY
IN 1971. AFTER GRADUATING FROM
COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA, HE
ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH BEST
PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.,WHERE
HE BECAME AN ASSISTANT MANAGER.
HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO
LICKING IN OCTOBER, 1979.
NICK WAS AN OUTSTANDING
HUSBAND AND FATHER
TO TERRY AND BRAIN AND DEBRA,
AND A FAITHFUL MEMBER
OF THE BOONE CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH,WHERE HE WAS A
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A
DIRECTOR IN THE YOUTH GROUP,
PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH BOARD,
AND AN ACTIVE SUPPORTER IN
MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. FOR
EXAMPLE, HE WAS AN AVID
SUPPORTER OF THE HELPING
HANDS CRISIS CENTER OF
HOUSTON, WHERE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS WERE GIVEN
IN HIS MEMORY IN LIEU OF
FLOWERS.IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
HE HAD BEEN A DEVOTED SON
AND HELPER ON THE FARM TO
HIS MOTHER,MABEL NORD,
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS STEP-
FATHER, THE LATE ALBERT NORD.
NICK TOOK PRIDE IN BOTH HIS
WORK AS RETAIL MANAGER WITH
THE SCOTT MATERIAL AND
LUMBER COMPANY AND IN HIS
HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP.
RECENTLY, THIS PAST YEAR,
NICK WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
ORGANIZING THE LICKING SADDLE
CLUB, WHICH PRESENTLY BOASTS
OF 70-PLUS MEMBERS, WHILE AT
THE SAMETIME, DEVOTING MANY
HOURS TO COACHING LITTLE LEAGUE
BASEBALL.
HE WILL SADLY BE MISSED BY HIS
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SERVICES
WERE HELD WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 4, 1985, AT 2:00 P.M.,
AT BOONE CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH, WITH REV. BOYD GRAY
AND REV. FRED BOBE OFFICIATING.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE:
BURT BOLDING, KEITH CANTRELL,
DALE DIEDRICH, WILFORD GROVER,
GLYN HARRIS, JOHNNY MITCHELL,
BILL SMITH, AND WALLEY WRAY.
PALLBEARERS WERE: MITCHELL
BARWICK, JERRY BLAIR, BILLIE
BOLDING, DON HATCH, KENNY REED
AND GRAY YARNALL. INTERMENT
WAS IN THE CANTRELL CEMETERY
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
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