Beverly Clarice (Tuttle) Burress, 86, of Ottawa, passed away on June 28, 2021 at Heritage Woods in Ottawa.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday July 7, 2021 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, with Rev. Duane Kaufman, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Beverly was born on June 5, 1935 in Tuscola, IL to Kenny Neval and Julia Marie (Walling) Tuttle. She married Kenneth Johnson in 1953 and had two sons, Kenneth and Steven. She was divorced in 1962 and then married Russell Burress on July 17, 1965 and they had one daughter Tammy.
Beverly worked at Western Electric in Aurora, IL. She and Russell also ran a trucking business for several years after that. Together they owned numerous semi-trucks and trailers. She was a waitress at both the Oasis and Oogies in Ottawa, for many years. After that she worked for Butternut Bread Store in Ottawa, before finally retiring in 2005.
She and her husband Russell owned several race-horse farms throughout the years where they owned and trained many horses, including their own. These horses raced on tracks throughout Illinois and the surrounding states, and they did rather well. Beverly was an avid bowler and her favorite pastime was going to the casino.
She is survived by a son, Kenneth “Buck” Johnson of Ottawa; a daughter Tammy Green of Streator; a sister, Joanne Burch of Tolono, IL; a daughter-in-law, Mary Ann Johnson of Ottawa; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Russell Burress; a son, Steven Johnson, three sisters, Donna Tuttle, Patty Wiekert, and Mary Fullerton; and four brothers, Harold, Robert, Donald, and Kenny Tuttle.
Pallbearers will be Corey Johnson, Steven Johnson, Jr., Christopher Thompson, Eric Muffler, Greg Mukosey, and Art Cook.
She was laid to rest in the Garden of Prayer.
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