Williams, Ruth Marie

1940 - 2017  (77 years)

• Name	Williams, Ruth Marie
  Birth	3 May 1940	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	WILL.R014
  _FGRAVE	180814103
  Death	27 Jun 2017	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Steele, Ruth M. and Barney G.
  Person ID	I46339	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Williams, Roy,   b. 9 Dec 1913, Illinois d. 22 May 1979 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Strange, Josephine E.,   b. 27 Mar 1921, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 26 Feb 2002, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F16653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Steele, Barney G.,   b. 26 Dec 1932   d. 26 Oct 1991 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1960	Flora Oak Street Baptist Church, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	RUTH STEELE, 77, of Flora, Illinois passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at her residence in Flora.
  Age at Marriage	She : 19 years and 11 months - He : 27 years and 4 months.
  Family ID	F17143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 May 1940 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 1 Apr 1960 - Flora Oak Street Baptist Church, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Death - 27 Jun 2017 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Ruth was an elementary teacher for the Unit 35 School in Flora, IL for over 20 years. She enjoyed oil painting nature scenes and was an avid huntress. She was a member of Bloom Baptist Church and Women of the Outdoors. She loved to travel the world and her favorite place was Jerusalem.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13898] Frank & Bright Funeral Homs, Obituary, Steele, Ruth, 77, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180814103/ruth-marie-steele), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13899] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Steele, Ruth M. and Barney G., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5730325/barney-g-steele), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13265] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Williams, Josephine E. and Roy, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27005293/josephine-eva-williams), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5248] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 15, page 7b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).