Obituary of Helen-Sophia Tuttle

Helen Sophia Tuttle      PORTLAND -- Helen Sophia Tuttle of Portland passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospital last Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006.     She recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at her home.     Helen was born in Boston, Mass., the daughter of August W. and Tekla Steen, and was extremely proud of her Scandinavian ancestry. Her Norwegian father and Swedish mother immigrated to America at the turn of the century. She was educated in Boston public schools and early in life worked in the real estate department of the Bank of Boston.      She met and married Dr. Paul W. Tuttle in the mid-1930s and then moved to South Portland, in 1939, where her husband established one of the first dental practices in that city. She was business manager of his dental practice and worked part-time in the office greeting and lending care to her husbands patients.     Helen was an avid reader and enjoyed her home in Portland and their former home in West Bath. She enjoyed bird watching and working in her West Bath gardens. Great joy came to her when she was visited by her children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.      She is predeceased by her husband Dr. Paul W. Tuttle.     Her family survivors include her children, Irene T. Morine and Husband J. Theodore of Harvard, Mass., Brigadier General Richard W. Tuttle, United States Air Force, retired and wife Sandra of West Bath; one sister, Joan Condry of Wrentham, Mass.; grandchildren, Benjamin Tuttle, Jonathan Tuttle, Pamela Hastings, Justin Morine and Adam Morine; along with five great-grandchildren.     There will be no visiting hours a memorial service is tentatively planned to take place in the West Bath Meeting House on Friday, Sept. 22, at 11 a.m. Arrangements made by the Hobbs Funeral Home 230 Cottage Road South Portland, Maine 04106.    Helen Sophia Tuttle