OBITUARY
Peggy Elaine Tuttle
July 10, 1940 – April 3, 2022
The Reverend Peggy Elaine Tuttle (July 10, 1940-April 3, 2022) lived a full and active life filled with purpose, love for her family and friends, a lot of laughter and devotion to the Episcopal Church. She adored her husband Jon, her daughters Susan Schmidt (Loren) and Cinda Munroe, her grandsons Alexander (Daphne) and Maxwell, her great grandson Edison, many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Peggy was born to Marvin Elton Wills and Mable Vida Bishop in Fort Worth Texas. She graduated from Polytechnic High School in 1958 and went on to study at Texas Christian University, the University of Minnesota and National-Louis University. She lived in numerous geographies: Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Washington DC, Colorado and Florida.
She had a zest for life that was irrepressible. Her incredible sense of humor and constant laughter filled our hearts and our home. She had a huge heart, incredible intellect and a deep love for her family. Her selfless ways impacted countless lives and set a very high bar for everyone around her. She had a special charisma and was a collector of people of all ages impacting many lives on her journey.
Peggy loved music; she played the clarinet and was the drum major in the Polytechnic High School Marching Band where they performed at half time during the Cotton Bowl. She loved to watch marching bands on TV throughout her life. She was a lifelong and prolific volunteer. One of her favorite hobbies was travel. She and Jon, and sometimes with Susan and Cinda explored far corners of the Earth, including many domestic locations, Israel, Africa, China, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, most countries in Europe and many trips to the UK, Ireland and Scotland. To call her an Anglophile would be an understatement, she loved Anglican history and British culture. Regularly we heard a British accent piping from whatever she was watching on TV. Peggy was extremely competitive and loved to play cards, especially a good game of 500 with friends. That competitive spirit spilled over when she was a spectator watching her girls and her grandsons compete in sports. She could always be heard cheering them on (or sometimes even yelling at the refs).
In her early career she worked at General Mills in the Fashion Division where she coordinated fashion shows for New York fashion houses, then in the Department of Social Action where she actively participated in the N.A.A.C.P, National Urban League and the Jaycees (among many others).
She grew to love the Episcopal church while she was a member of St. Martin’s by-the-Lake Episcopal Church in Minnetonka Beach, MN. There she served on the vestry as both junior and senior warden, was elected President of the Women of St. Martin’s and served as a board member and Chair of the St. Martin’s Foundation. In 1992, she answered her calling to the Episcopal Church and began studies to earn her Master’s Degree at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria Virginia. She graduated in 1995 and served at many Episcopal parishes in Maryland, Colorado, Minnesota and Florida. She also served as a supply priest in Hawaii.
We are eternally heartbroken, but plan to live by her favorite prayer: “Life is short. We don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind”. Henri-Frederic Amie
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to St. Mark’s Memorial Fund at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and School in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2pm on Sunday, May 8th at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 3395 Burns Rd, Palm Beach Gardens, 33410. The family invites all to join a reception with light appetizers following the service.
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