Ruth Cabeen Giffin, 93, of Aledo, Mercer County Historian, died peacefully Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Mercer County Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, rural Aledo. Burial will be at Candor Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Memorials may be made to Mercer County Nursing Home or Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church.
Ruth Ella Cabeen was born Nov. 24, 1915, to Thomas Elmer and Catherine Ann Saunders Cabeen, on the family farm in Ohio Grove Township, Mercer County, Ill. She was a graduate of Aledo High School. She married Everett Lee Giffin on Dec. 6, 1934, in Roseville, Ill. He preceded her in death July 20, 1980.
Ruth's vocation was history. She was a devoted curator of the Essley Nobel Museum and was one of the founding board members of the museum, retiring in the early 1990s. She truly enjoyed giving tours to visiting classes and going out to the schools to educate. Ruth enjoyed genealogy and helped many families with research. The history of Mercer County was very special to her, as the Cabeen family settled in this area in 1835.
Ruth was a lifelong member of Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, of which she was the first woman elder; a member of the William Dennison Chapter of NSDAR for over 50 years; a former member of the Order of Eastern Star No., 126, Aledo; and was an avid reader.
Those left to cherish Ruth's memory include her children and their spouses, Neil and Virginia Giffin, Prophetstown, Debra and Gary Finch, Aledo, and Barbara and Allen Haim, San Rafael, Calif.; grandchildren, Tammie and Steve Sandrock, Susan and David Russell, Paul and Shari Giffin, Jeremy and Lisa Finch, Jaime and Rob Kernan, Jill and Jon Escajeda and Tom and Rosalinda Haim; great-grandchildren, Scott and Brad Sandrock, Morgan Giffin Russell, Sydney Giffin, Taylor, Tristen, Lauren Ruth and Natalie Finch, and Griffen and Trevor Kernan; and a nephew and niece, Richard Cabeen and Kay Kilgariff. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Hugh Cabeen; and a brother, James, in infancy.
The family would like to thank the entire staff at Mercer County Nursing Home for the care and love shown to Ruth while she was a resident there.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.speerfuneralhome.com.
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Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, rural Aledo. Burial will be at Candor Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Memorials may be made to Mercer County Nursing Home or Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church.
Ruth Ella Cabeen was born Nov. 24, 1915, to Thomas Elmer and Catherine Ann Saunders Cabeen, on the family farm in Ohio Grove Township, Mercer County, Ill. She was a graduate of Aledo High School. She married Everett Lee Giffin on Dec. 6, 1934, in Roseville, Ill. He preceded her in death July 20, 1980.
Ruth's vocation was history. She was a devoted curator of the Essley Nobel Museum and was one of the founding board members of the museum, retiring in the early 1990s. She truly enjoyed giving tours to visiting classes and going out to the schools to educate. Ruth enjoyed genealogy and helped many families with research. The history of Mercer County was very special to her, as the Cabeen family settled in this area in 1835.
Ruth was a lifelong member of Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, of which she was the first woman elder; a member of the William Dennison Chapter of NSDAR for over 50 years; a former member of the Order of Eastern Star No., 126, Aledo; and was an avid reader.
Those left to cherish Ruth's memory include her children and their spouses, Neil and Virginia Giffin, Prophetstown, Debra and Gary Finch, Aledo, and Barbara and Allen Haim, San Rafael, Calif.; grandchildren, Tammie and Steve Sandrock, Susan and David Russell, Paul and Shari Giffin, Jeremy and Lisa Finch, Jaime and Rob Kernan, Jill and Jon Escajeda and Tom and Rosalinda Haim; great-grandchildren, Scott and Brad Sandrock, Morgan Giffin Russell, Sydney Giffin, Taylor, Tristen, Lauren Ruth and Natalie Finch, and Griffen and Trevor Kernan; and a nephew and niece, Richard Cabeen and Kay Kilgariff. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Hugh Cabeen; and a brother, James, in infancy.
The family would like to thank the entire staff at Mercer County Nursing Home for the care and love shown to Ruth while she was a resident there.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.speerfuneralhome.com.
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Ruth Cabeen Giffin, 93, of Aledo, Mercer County Historian, died peacefully Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Mercer County Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, rural Aledo. Burial will be at Candor Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Memorials may be made to Mercer County Nursing Home or Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church.
Ruth Ella Cabeen was born Nov. 24, 1915, to Thomas Elmer and Catherine Ann Saunders Cabeen, on the family farm in Ohio Grove Township, Mercer County, Ill. She was a graduate of Aledo High School. She married Everett Lee Giffin on Dec. 6, 1934, in Roseville, Ill. He preceded her in death July 20, 1980.
Ruth's vocation was history. She was a devoted curator of the Essley Nobel Museum and was one of the founding board members of the museum, retiring in the early 1990s. She truly enjoyed giving tours to visiting classes and going out to the schools to educate. Ruth enjoyed genealogy and helped many families with research. The history of Mercer County was very special to her, as the Cabeen family settled in this area in 1835.
Ruth was a lifelong member of Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, of which she was the first woman elder; a member of the William Dennison Chapter of NSDAR for over 50 years; a former member of the Order of Eastern Star No., 126, Aledo; and was an avid reader.
Those left to cherish Ruth's memory include her children and their spouses, Neil and Virginia Giffin, Prophetstown, Debra and Gary Finch, Aledo, and Barbara and Allen Haim, San Rafael, Calif.; grandchildren, Tammie and Steve Sandrock, Susan and David Russell, Paul and Shari Giffin, Jeremy and Lisa Finch, Jaime and Rob Kernan, Jill and Jon Escajeda and Tom and Rosalinda Haim; great-grandchildren, Scott and Brad Sandrock, Morgan Giffin Russell, Sydney Giffin, Taylor, Tristen, Lauren Ruth and Natalie Finch, and Griffen and Trevor Kernan; and a nephew and niece, Richard Cabeen and Kay Kilgariff. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Hugh Cabeen; and a brother, James, in infancy.
The family would like to thank the entire staff at Mercer County Nursing Home for the care and love shown to Ruth while she was a resident there.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.speerfuneralhome.com.
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Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, rural Aledo. Burial will be at Candor Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Memorials may be made to Mercer County Nursing Home or Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church.
Ruth Ella Cabeen was born Nov. 24, 1915, to Thomas Elmer and Catherine Ann Saunders Cabeen, on the family farm in Ohio Grove Township, Mercer County, Ill. She was a graduate of Aledo High School. She married Everett Lee Giffin on Dec. 6, 1934, in Roseville, Ill. He preceded her in death July 20, 1980.
Ruth's vocation was history. She was a devoted curator of the Essley Nobel Museum and was one of the founding board members of the museum, retiring in the early 1990s. She truly enjoyed giving tours to visiting classes and going out to the schools to educate. Ruth enjoyed genealogy and helped many families with research. The history of Mercer County was very special to her, as the Cabeen family settled in this area in 1835.
Ruth was a lifelong member of Sunbeam United Presbyterian Church, of which she was the first woman elder; a member of the William Dennison Chapter of NSDAR for over 50 years; a former member of the Order of Eastern Star No., 126, Aledo; and was an avid reader.
Those left to cherish Ruth's memory include her children and their spouses, Neil and Virginia Giffin, Prophetstown, Debra and Gary Finch, Aledo, and Barbara and Allen Haim, San Rafael, Calif.; grandchildren, Tammie and Steve Sandrock, Susan and David Russell, Paul and Shari Giffin, Jeremy and Lisa Finch, Jaime and Rob Kernan, Jill and Jon Escajeda and Tom and Rosalinda Haim; great-grandchildren, Scott and Brad Sandrock, Morgan Giffin Russell, Sydney Giffin, Taylor, Tristen, Lauren Ruth and Natalie Finch, and Griffen and Trevor Kernan; and a nephew and niece, Richard Cabeen and Kay Kilgariff. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Hugh Cabeen; and a brother, James, in infancy.
The family would like to thank the entire staff at Mercer County Nursing Home for the care and love shown to Ruth while she was a resident there.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.speerfuneralhome.com.
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