hmtl5 Ruth Esther Newman b. 22 Jan 1897 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa d. 17 Apr 1969 Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois: Wunnenberg family

Ruth Esther Newman

Female 1897 - 1969  (72 years)


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  • Name Ruth Esther Newman 
    • daughter of Addison Clark Monroe Newman and Caroline Chloe Baker [1]
    Born 22 Jan 1897  Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Apr 1969  Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Salem South Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I443  Wunnenberg
    Last Modified 11 May 2023 

    Family Guy Horace Anderson,   b. 27 Feb 1890, Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1965, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2021 
    Family ID F186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Jan 1897 - Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Apr 1969 - Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Salem South Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Funeral services for Mrs. Anderson held on Monday.
      Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth E. Anderson, 72, of Aledo, were held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Reiser Funeral Home in Aledo with the Rev. Jerry Goodrich, pastor of the Aledo Assembly of God Church, officiating. Burial was in the Friends Cemetery, Salem, Ia.

      Mrs. Anderson died at 5:45 Thursday night, April 17, in the Mercer County Hospital following an extended illness.

      The former Ruth Newman was born Jan. 22, 1897, in Morning Sun, Ia., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Add Newman. She attended Morning Sun schools.

      She was first married to Phillips Shaffner and following his death married Jesse Berrie who also preceded her in death. She then married Guy Anderson on Sept. 4, 1955, in Aledo.

      The couple first resided in New Boston and moved to Aledo in 1957. He died on Feb. 26, 1965.

      Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Aledo and the New Boston American Legion Auxiliary.
      Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Edith Sanderson of West Point Ia.; two sons, Charles Shaffner of Pomona, Calif., and John Shaffner of Bay City, Tex.; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and four sisters, Mrs. Marie Brumbaugh of Farmington, Ia.; Mrs. Nina Mitchell of Montrose, Ia., Mrs. Ida Plummer of Mount Pleasant, Ia., and Mrs. Irene Hinkle of Willington, Kan.
      [1, 2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S7] Obituary.