Ruth Eleanor Wright - 1902 - 1984

WRIGHT, MARQUARDT, NIELSON, BURKE

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The Burlington Hawkeye, Sunday, September 2, 1984, page 24

Ruth Eleanor Wright

NEW LONDON - Ruth Eleanor Wright, 82, New London, died at 6:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Burlington Medical Center.

She was born March 18, 1902, at Bloomington, Ill. to Herman and Elizabeth Nielson Marquardt. She married Elmer F. Wright, Sept. 20, 1927, in Burlington.

She was a graduate of the Burlington School of Nursing 1924. She was a member of the New London United Presbyterian Church, a charter member of Chapter II of TTT, the Order of Eastern Star chapter 440 in New London.

Surviving: Her husband, one son, Robert, New London; one daughter, Marilyn Burke, Alexandria, Va; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.

Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday, New London United Presbyterian Church, Dr. Dennis E. Morey, Burge Cemetery, New London.