Ottie was born on December 18, 1910, in Monticello, Kentucky to Joseph and Belva Eula Guffey Upchurch. She was raised in Monticello and graduated from Monticello High School. On August 24, 1926, she was married to Brent Tuggle in Kentucky. The couple lived in Kentucky and later moved to Grinnell. She was a homemaker and worked for over 50 years as a seamstress at the former Morrison and Shults Glove Co. and DeLong Sportswear Company. She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church in Grinnell and she enjoyed church activities, gardening and needle work. Ottie is survived by one granddaughter, Becky (Ken) Wallace of Urbandale; two grandsons, Gary (Faye) Severe of Silver City, New Mexico and Milton Severe of Grinnell; seven great grandchildren, Greg Billman, Stephanie (Josh) Fraser, Kalen, Keegan and Kyler Severe, Mason and James Wallace; two great great grandchildren, Jack and Tate Wallace; three brothers, Carl, Charles and John Upchurch; and one sister, Vela Brown. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Virginia Severe; four brothers, Bob, Clayton, Curtis and Kenneth Upchurch; and three sisters, Bonnie, Velma and Billie. Memorials may directed to the First Baptist Church in Grinnell or to Grinnell Regional Hospice.