Anita Maria (Tuttle) Ryan, 69, of Lyle, died Saturday, May 22, 2010, at her home after fighting cancer for the past 10 years.
Anita was born Jan. 6, 1941 in Searcy, Ark. and moved to Minnesota in 1969. She married Dennis Ryan. Anita ran a daycare in Austin for 17 years and ran Grumpy’s Bar in St. Ansgar, Iowa for 10 years. She was a homemaker for the last four years.  Anita also played in several pool leagues in Minnesota and Iowa.
Survivors include her husband, Dennis Ryan of Lyle, Minn.; children, Terry (Rodger) Evans of Sallisaw, Okla., David Wayne Lederhos of Kansas City, Mo., Lori Anne (Mark) Wanous of Owatonna, Minn., Kristie Lederhos of N.C., Keith (Mel) Ryan of Rose Creek, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandson; brothers, Kenneth (Sheila) Tuttle of Fort Smith, Ark., Jack (Faye) Tuttle of Centerton, Ark.
She is preceded in death by her sister, Linda Tuttle; father, Albert Tuttle; mother, Leona Tuttle.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Mayer Funeral Home with Pastor Dale Christiansen officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday and also one half hour before the service at Mayer Funeral Home on Saturday.
Arrangements are by Mayer Funeral Home