- Date Of Birth: August 16, 1958
- Date Of Death: August 1, 2020
- State: Alabama
Donna Tuttle Norris, 61, died August 1, 2020 at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Donna is survived by her husband of 23 years Kevin Norris, beloved and only daughter Marie Elise Norris, her brother and sister David Tuttle and Patricia Archibeque, and fur babies Grayson & other kitties.
Donna Tuttle Norris, was born Donna Ceil Tuttle, a play on words so she could be named after both her father, USAF Major Donald and her mother, Lucille Tuttle. The youngest of 3 siblings, (she is survived by older sister Patricia Archibeque and brother David Tuttle.)
She was born August 16th, 1958 in Huntsville, AL. Born into an Air Force family allowed her to live in Alabama, Italy, California, and New York, before settling in Glendale, Arizona at the age of seven. She obtained college degrees from Glendale Community College, Grand Canyon College, and Shelton Community College (where she made the president’s list). One of the highlights of her time at Grand Canyon College was a trip to Costa Rica and Hawaii. Donna returned to California for a year and lived with her brother and his young boys. She enjoyed that time so much and her love of the beach such that when she met her love of her life Kevin Norris and they were getting married, they returned to California to marry on the seaside cliffs of La Jolla. After that Donna and Kevin left on their journey as nationwide truck drivers and started a family which they were blessed with their only and beloved daughter Marie Elise Norris born Sept 10th, 1998. Donna loved a lot of things. I don’t know what the favorite was, but you could tell from the multiple jokes she would share with family and friends on social media. She really loved quilting and knitting which she learned from her mom. She always posted about her monthly quilt guild meetings and how she looked forward to them. Her favorite quilting joke was, “Quilting is the answer, I don’t care what the question is!” Donna really enjoyed water and she talked about how the Tuttle’s have to love water. She posted a lot of memes of “currently pretending I am at the beach”, updated family on Marie swimming sessions, how she could not wait for the community pool by them to open for the season. Her kitchen and clothes had nautical themes and wherever a family member travelled to a tropical place, she wanted a nautical themed t-shirt.
