Ruth Ann Young Gamble

GAMBLE, YOUNG, SNYDER, JACKSON, LATHRUM

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 6/23/2006 at 15:56:25

Winterset Madisonian
September 1961

MRS. JOHN GAMBLE DIED HERE TUESDAY

Had Been Madison County Resident for 83 Years

Mrs. John L. Gamble of Winterset died this Tuesday, Sept. 19, at her home in Winterset. She was 85 years of age.

Mrs. Gamble had lived 83 years of her life in Madison County. She was the former Ruth Ann Young, daughter of William and Lucinda Snyder Young, and was born in Warren county on June 13, 1876.

She was married to John L. Gamble on Sept. 7, 1897. They were parents of six children, one daughter preceding her in death.

Mrs. Gamble was a member of the Winterset Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband; three sons, Russell and Harold Gamble of Carlisle and Cleo Gamble of Des Moines; two daughters, Mrs. George Jackson and Mrs. Sam Lathrum, both of Winterset. She also leaves 34 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held this Friday at 2 p.m. from the Winterset Methodist church. Burial will be made in the Wight cemetery.
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Winterset Madisonian, September 27, 1961
Winterset, Iowa

Here to Attend Services For Mrs. Gamble

Amount the relatives and friends who were here from out of the county Friday to attend funeral services for Mrs. John Gamble were Mrs. Will Gamble of La Cygne, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Young of Camden Point, Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Woolums of Le Mesa, California, Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Smith of Paola, Kansas, Mrs. Purl Clark and Mrs. Hattie Gaddis of Lovilia, Mrs. Jim Tendell of Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jackson of Audubon, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jackson of Altoona and Gary Lathrum of Ames.

Transcriber note: Burial in Wight Cemetery.

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