Obituary of Ruth Tuttle

DOVER — Ruth Laura Tuttle, 86, formerly of Conway, N.H. passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital with her family by her side. Ruth was born on June 9, 1925, in Conway, N.H.; the daughter of late. Merton and Nettie (Lombard) Yeaton. She worked in food service for the Dover School Cafeteria Program and later with the Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, retiring in 1991. She enjoyed being a volunteer, giving her great pleasure to give to those in need, volunteering for the Somersworth Seacoast Bingo and the Cocheco Valley Humane Society. She enjoyed rug hooking and she enjoyed feeding the birds and watching them in their natural habitat.Ruth is survived by her daughter, Laura Bastianelli, and her husband, Michael, of Dover; Harlan Tuttle, of Somersworth; her siblings, Raymond, Dorothy, Eleanor, Marion, Barbara; her grandchildren, Christopher Otash, and his wife, Megan, Lilly Kim Hughson, Melissa Tuttle, and her partner, Lou Rita, all of Dover and Emily Tuttle, of Lebanon, Maine; her great-grandchildren, Courtney, Riley, Zoey and Ashley; a very special niece, Kathleen Otash Wyrick & her husband, Robert, of Hampton and many nieces and nephews.She was predeceased by her siblings, George, Leonard, Merton, Arlene, Doris and Anna. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., April 6, 2012, at the West Side Cemetery in Conway, N.H. Arrangements are under the direction of Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, 655 Central Ave., Dover, N.H. To sign our online guest book, please go to www.purdyfuneralservice.com.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, N.H., 03820 and Dover Food Pantry, 1 Silver St., Dover, N.H. 03820. Visit www.fosters.com/obits for an online guest book.