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Ruth Elizabeth Stephens

Female 1902 - 1988  (86 years)


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  • Name Ruth Elizabeth Stephens 
    Birth 1902  Taylor Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 8 Apr 1930  Marshall, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 27, born IA, 1st marr at 20, parents born IA/IA 
    Census 2 Apr 1940  Grant, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 38, born IA, H4 ed, in same house in 1935 
    Death 7 Jul 1988  Atlantic, Cass, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18385  Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

    Father John Shriver Stephens 
    Mother Bertha Della Thomas 
    Family ID F7115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Glenn Raymond Woods,   b. 2 Nov 1899, Benton, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1994 (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1922  Bedford, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996" (ancestry.com)
      On 27 Dec 1922 in Bedford, Taylor, IA, Glen Raymond Woods, born Bedford to Robert Marion Woods and Solo Fox, married Ruth Elizabeth Stephens, 21, born Taylor Co, IA to John Stephens and Della Bertha Thomas.
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Ann Woods,   b. 12 Jul 1924, Taylor Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1924, Taylor Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Joan Woods,   b. 1933, Taylor Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1981 (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F7114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2017 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Bedford Times-Press", 13 Jul 1988 (posted on findagrave.com)
      RUTH STEPHENS WOODS
      Graveside services for Ruth [Elizabeth] Stephens Woods were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings Saturday, July 9, 1988. Mrs. Woods passed away July 7, 1988 at the hospital in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa at the age of 85 years. She was born in 1902 to John [Shriver] Stephens and [Della] Bertha Thomas Stephens. She was graduated from Bedford High School and later united in marriage to Glen Woods of Bedford, Ia. They made their home on farms in Taylor County until they moved to the Massena, Iowa area where they had continued to reside. Funeral services were held at the Maple Grove Church near Massena with burial in Fairview Cemetery at Bedford, Ia. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Joan Brahms of Massena, Ia. and a daughter who died in infancy; a brother Jack and a sister Mary. She is survived by her husband, Glen Woods of the home; and two sisters, Dorothy Ruyle of Anita, Ia. and Marjorie Stephens Ray of Clarinda; other relatives and friends. She was a member of the Methodist Church.