Leona Tuttle

Leona Wilhelmina Tuttle (April 13, 1896 - November 23, 2007) was an American supercentenarian.
Tuttle was born as Leona Wilhelmina Sternberg on April 13, 1896, near the town of Bad Axe, Michigan. Her parents, Karl and Marie Amelia Sternberg, were both immigrants from Germany.<ref namedn/> She was one of seven children.<ref namedn/> Sternberg grew up on her parents' farm and attended school in a one room schoolhouse.<ref name=dn/>
Sternberg left at the age of 17. She took a train to Detroit in order to meet her sister.<ref namedn/> Once in Detroit, she worked as a housekeeper for architect Louis Kamper for two years.<ref namedn/> She later attended the Ferris Institute before taking a job with the Michigan Central Railroad department for several years.<ref name=dn/> She was able to travel cross country through the free passes which she received through her employer.
Sternberg married her husband, Stanley Tuttle, in 1924.<ref name=dn/> The continued to reside in Detroit for decades, but moved to Florida part-time following Stanley's retirement.<ref namedn/> Stanley Tuttle died in 1973.<ref namedn/> Leona Tuttle never remarried. After her husband's death, Tuttle lived with her grown daughters in the Detroit metropolitan area, New Jersey, Utah and Florida.<ref name=dn/>
One of Tuttle's main passions was travel. She visited Hawaii, Germany, the Grand Canyon and Yosemite National Park. Tuttle visited Alaska with her two daughters at the age of 95.<ref name=dn/>
Leona Tuttle died on November 23, 2007, in Somers Point, New Jersey, at the age of 111 years, 224 days.<ref namedn/> She was survived by two daughters, fifteen grandchildren and forty-one great-grandchildren.<ref namedn/>

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