Roy Ruth (1952)

RUTH, BUCKNER, MOORE

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 5/6/2007 at 10:58:31

Winterset Madisonian, October 22, 1952
Winterset, Iowa

LAST RITES HELD FOR ROY RUTH, 63

Funeral services were held Sunday, Oct. 12 at the Methodist church in West York, Ill, for Roy Ruth, former Winterset resident.

Mr. Ruth lived in Madison county for a period of 58 years prior to moving to Illinois in 1942. For a time he was a Douglas township farmer.

The son of John and Nancy Francis Ruth, he was born near Winterset on Sept 1, 1881. He married Evaline Buckner on April 1, 1909.

At the age of 13, Mr. Ruth joined the Presbyterian church, later transferring to the Methodist church in West York Ill.

Surviving are a son, Dean Ruth of West York; a sister, Mrs Vareta Moore of Winterset; a brother, Ross Ruth of Wheeling, Mo; and an aunt Mrs. Lillian Ruth of Sawyer, N. Dak.

Burial was made in the Bradbury cemetery at West York.