Rager, Ruth Jane

1917 - 1945  (27 years)

• Name	Rager, Ruth Jane
  Birth	17 Sep 1917	Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	RAGE.R001
  _FGRAVE	49710946
  Death	9 Apr 1945	Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
  	Cause: Suicide
  Burial	Mount Gilead Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I45202	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Rager, John Ray,   b. 28 Nov 1889, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois d. 31 Mar 1932 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Stormer, Carrie Edna,   b. 11 Oct 1888, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania d. 16 Aug 1933, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1913	St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri   [3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He was 23 years and 7 months - She was 24 years and 8 months.
  Family ID	F16902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Coble, Ralph Corwin,   b. 17 Aug 1914, Illinois d. 28 Jul 1971, Sonoma County, California (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Coble, B.L.   2. Coble, N.J.   3. Coble, Nancy Fay,   b. 7 Nov 1941, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois d. 5 Jul 2013, North Port, Sarasota County, Florida (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F16790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Sep 1917 - Pennsylvania Death - Cause: Suicide - 9 Apr 1945 - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Burial - - Mount Gilead Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  News Article - Decatur Herald - April 11, 1945 Wife of Sailor Took Own Life Mrs. Ruth Coble, 27, of , died Monday as the result of eating poisoned wheat with suicidal intent. A coroner's jury returned the suicide verdict after holding an inquest in the Moran chapel under the direction of Coroner Harold Brintlinger at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Relatives testified that Mrs. Coble had appeared mentally ill on occasion and had previoulsy threatened to end her life. On one occasion recently, one sister testified, Mrs. Coble left a note that she would be fund near Faries Park. She later returned. Her sisters testified that she had been ill since an operation last Novemeber and at times worried much about her husband, who was in navy overseas services. Although she loved her babies in rational moments, the testimony disclosed that she would leave home at times to get away from them. It was disclosed that she had gone to the home of her sister, Mrs. Harley Butler, about a week ago, and it was while there Monday morning that she became ill. She died early Monday afternoon while on her way to the hospital. Some wheat kernels containing strychnine poisoning, and used for rodent extermination, were found missing from a box on a shelf in the Butler home. Funeral services for Mrs. Coble will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Moran's chapel with burial in Mt. Gilead cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3045] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 20, page 10a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S13666] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Coble, Ruth, 27, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49710946/ruth-jane-coble), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13670] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Rager, John R., 42, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23600372/john-ray-rager), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13671] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Rager, Carrie Edna, Betty Margaret, and John Ray, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23600372/john-ray-rager), none. (Reliability: 2).