Pearl Louise Tuff, 80, Luverne, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, at the Hospice Cottage in Luverne.
Services were Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Revs. Maurice E. Hagen and Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Pearl Tuff was born to John and Minnie (Priest) Hamann on April 8, 1921, in Springwater Township, Rock County, where she was raised and attended country school. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1938. Following her education she worked on the family farm.
She married Howard Tuff on Sept. 20, 1952, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Following their marriage they lived in Luverne until 1960 when they moved to Pipestone. They moved back to Luverne in 1965. She was a homemaker. She continued to live in her home until Nov. 30, 2001, when she entered Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Mrs. Tuff was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne where she was active in church circles, served in many offices, altar guild. lesson leader and taught Sunday School. She enjoyed her garden, cooking, sewing, crocheting and listening to birds.
Survivors include her husband, Howard Tuff, Luverne; one son and daughter-in-law, Allen and Pam Tuff, Apple Valley; one daughter, Marilyn Tuff, Eden Prairie; two grandsons, Adam and Sean Tuff; one brother, Ted (Dorothea) Hamann, Luverne; two sisters-in-law, Loretta Hamann, Luverne, and Ruby Garrow, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Tuff was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Henry, Hugo, Elmer, Robert and Lawrence Hamann, and two sisters, Nora Kemerling and Erna Steffen.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.