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Ruth Ellen Pankhurst Bosworth 1894-1985

BOSWORTH, PANKHURST, BISHOP, HOLLON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 7/1/2014 at 22:30:23

Ruth Bosworth
Armstrong – Graveside services for Mrs. Ruth Ellen Bosworth, 91, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Armstrong Grove Cemetery with the Rev. David Wagner of United Methodist Church, Armstrong, officiating. She died Saturday, Nov. 2, 1985 at Heritage Home, Bancroft. Henry and Olson Funeral Home, Armstrong, is in charge of arrangements.

She was born Sept. 29, 1894 at Marshall, Mich., to George and Alice (Bishop) Pankhurst and received her education in Michigan. She attended Western State Normal College in Kalamazoo, Mich. On Dec. 24, 1918 she was united in marriage with Jesse Bosworth at Armstrong. He died in 1957. She lived all her married life in Armstrong and was employed by Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of Armstrong. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Armstrong Library Board and American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include seven grandchildren, great and great great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Hollon, Detroit, Mich.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse, parents, one step-son and one step-daughter. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 4, 1985)


 

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