Ruth E. Giffin 1918-1987

GIFFIN, ALDERSON, DUNBAR

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Date: 1/8/2015 at 21:30:12

The Hawk Eye

Ruth E. Giffin, 69, of 104 Orchard Street, New London, died 10 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, 1987, in the Henry County Health Center, Mount Pleasant.

Born February 27, 1918, in Wellsville, Missouri, she was the daughter of George C. and Mary Dunbar Alderson. She married Walter Giffin October 4, 1947, in Oquawka, Illinois. He died December 16, 1954.

She was a farmer and had worked for the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middletown. She was a member of the Oak Street Baptist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Phyllis E. Forsythe, Donnellson, Linda K. Giffin and Bonnie L. Bell, both of Burlington, and Connie Miller, New London; one son, Rollen L. Giffin, Fort Worth, Texas; two brothers, J.R. Alderson and Dwight Alderson, both of Anaheim, California; two sisters, Shirley Huntington and Janet Hockings, both of Burlington; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Arrangements for Mrs. Giffin are pending at Lunning Chapel. Burial will be in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis.