Vanna Lea Tuttle (2021)

ABBOTT, OPSAL, MANN, TUTTLE

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:21

Overton Funeral Home
Indianola, Iowa

Vanna Tuttle

Vanna Tuttle, 71, of Story City, Iowa, was born to Merril and Lois Tuttle on April 5, 1950 in Des Moines, Iowa. She went home to be with the Lord on November 15, 2021 at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.

Her love for the Lord was evident in the pages of her personal journal, which included her favorite passages of Scripture. Her journal also included the names of people she prayed for as well as her private thoughts about God and heaven.

Vanna spent her first 18 years in St. Charles, Iowa attending Interstate 35 Community Schools. She moved to Des Moines and attended the American Institute of Business. Vanna worked at Bankers Life for several years before accepting employment at First Federated Church. She subsequently was employed at Iowa State University, first in Extension Services and then the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab where she retired. She also worked part-time at the Ames Walmart through all the years she worked at ISU. During that time, she first lived in Ames but later moved to Story City, where she resided until her passing.

She joyfully served the Lord on some short-term, overseas mission trips in her earlier years. She was patriotic and was grateful for the men and women who served in the military.

Vanna loved to cook and bake and was known for her big decorated sugar cookies, which her nephews looked forward to at every holiday. She liked to put together tea parties for friends and weekends at bed-and-breakfasts with sisters. As a beautiful seamstress, she made dozens of jointed teddy bears to give to family and friend’s children. She was generous, always looking for a gift that she thought someone would enjoy.

Vanna loved her little cottage home and the flower gardens surrounding it. She worked hard to make them a cozy place where she enjoyed reading, watching old movies, decorating with found treasures and giving old things new life.

She was preceded in death by her dad Merril Tuttle in 2019. Her family, who grieves her loss, includes her mother Lois Tuttle, her sisters Becky (Greg) Abbott, Sherry (Steve) Opsal, Debbie (Randy) Mann, her five nephews, two step-nephews, two step-nieces and their families. We wish we would have had more time with her. She touched many lives by acts of kindness and generosity.

Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, November 20, 2021 at the Indianola Grace Evangelical Free Church. Burial will follow services in the St. Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Iowa.

Visitation will be held prior to services from 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given in her name to Youth for Christ International for John Sagherian.

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