Ruth Burt Williams, 1887-1952

WILLIAMS, BURT

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 10/5/2010 at 20:04:06

Mrs. Ruth Williams Rites At Armstrong

ARMSTRONG – Last rites were conducted Monday, Feb. 4, for Mrs. Ruth Williams at the First Presbyterian Church of Armstrong. The Rev. Alex Orr officiated and burial was made in Armstrong Grove cemetery. Mrs. Williams passed away Feb. 1 at Sioux Falls, S.D.

A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Burt, she was born Oct. 14, 1887, near Burt, Iowa. She came to Armstrong at the age of six years. She was baptized in the Presbyterian church at an early age. In 1905 she was united in marriage to Paul Weller of Armstrong and they became the parents of four children. One daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Butler, preceded her in death.

Survivors include two daughters and one son. Mrs. Dorothy McNelly of St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Norma Teslow and Raymond Weller of Sioux Falls, S.D.; four sisters and one brother, Mrs. Hazel Hammond, Mrs. Dorothy Crawford, Mrs. Lillian McKay and Harry Burt, all of Mount Vernon, Wash., and Mrs. Esther Watts of Armstrong; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Williams returned to Armstrong in July 1951 and resided until a short time before her death.

Source: Fairmont Sentinel, Fairmont, Minnesota; February 13, 1952.