Steve was born Aug. 23, 1955 in Endicott, NY, to Everett and Dolores Tuttle, the first of five children. Our family moved to West Monroe, NY, when Steve was 6 and graduated from Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square, NY, in 1973. He graduated from Oswego SUNY in 1977. He continued his education at the Univ of VA in Charlottsville where he graduated in 1979 with a Master Degree in Planning. While at U of VA he met and married Brenda DeBord. He worked for the city of Virginia Beach until entering the Air Force in 1982. He went to OTS at Lackland AFB - he did some training at Tyndall and Tinker. He served with the 621st at TCF Weisbaden Germany, NATO forces at Geilenkirchen. Returned to NY to teach ROTC at Syracuse University. Then decided to return to his first love of flight and served with the 962nd at Elmendorf.
Steven's wife Brenda, and sons Nate (16) and Morgan (15), have decided to remain in Eagle River Alaska. Steve had plans to retire there as he loved the Anchorage area.
Please e-mail Det105 if you would like us to pass your comments to the Tuttle family.
To lose a member of ones family is a devastating feeling, for it to happen so
tragically seems to intensify ones grief. We know that there were 23 other
young men on that plane and our prayers are with all of the loved ones who
have lost.From, Deanne Frank (sister), and Dolores Tuttle (mother).