Beulah I. Salem

Aberdeen - Funeral service for Beulah I. Salem, 80, Aberdeen, will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at First Baptist Church, Dr. Harold E. Salem officiating. Burial at Riverside Cemetery, Aberdeen. Beulah died Saturday, Dec. 24, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital. Visitation: 1-7 p.m. Tuesday at Spitzer Funeral Home, 320 Sixth Ave. S.E., with a prayer service at 7. Family prefers memorials to the First Baptist Church or Christian Worship Hour. Beulah Irene Tuttle was born Feb. 05, 1925, to Jesse Earl Tuttle and Bertha Westcott Tuttle at Winner, S.D. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at a young age and devoted her life to faithfully serving Him. She graduated from Winner High School and then attended the University of Sioux Falls and Black Hills State University. She married Harold E. Salem on June 07, 1946, at the First Baptist Church in Witten, S.D. They made their home in Belle Fourche, S.D., where Rev. Salem pastored the First Baptist Church and Beulah taught in the city schools. In January 1958, they accepted the call to the First Baptist Church in Aberdeen, S.D. Beulah did substitute teaching in the public schools for many years. She was always active in the church, especially with the nursery children, women's work and the choir. Her entire married life was given to caring for her children and serving Christ through the church. She had the gift of hospitality so that her home was always open to those who had needs, especially the college youth. She also helped many young mothers care for their children, especially in times of illness. Grateful for having shared Beulah's life are her husband, Harold; two daughters, Sharron (Dennis) Salwei, Coon Rapids, Minn., Patty (Roy) Becker, Aberdeen, S.D.; two sons, Daniel (Verdene) Salem, Carroll, Iowa, and Mike (Brenda) Salem, Aberdeen, S.D.; five brothers, Bernard (Jean) Tuttle, Colorado Springs, Colo., Harold (Martha) Tuttle, Pueblo, Colo., William (Carol) Tuttle, Belle Fourche, S.D., Kenneth (Betty) Tuttle, Witten, S.D., Clyde (Erma) Tuttle, Witten, S.D.; one sister, Bernice Gustafson, Winner, S.D.; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents.