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Dorothy May <I>Stephens</I> Ruyle

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Dorothy May Stephens Ruyle

Birth
New Market, Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Death
2 Feb 1991 (aged 86)
Gladstone, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Conway, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Dorothy,Daughter of John S. Stephens and Della Bertha Thomas,married Marvin Dominick Ruyle,Sr., Son of Turner Ruyle and Louisa Wilhemina Benz. 26 July, Taylor Co., IA: To this marriage were born one son Marvin Dominick, Jr.

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday February 13, 1991

Dorothy Stephens Ruyle

Graveside funeral services for Dorothy [May] Stephens Ruyle, former resident of this community, were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1991 at the Conway Cemetery. Mrs. Ruyle passed away February 2, 1991.

Dorothy Stephens Ruyle was born at New Market, Iowa on January 27, 1905, the daughter of John [Shriver] Stephens and Bertha Thomas Stephens. The family then moved to Bedford, Iowa and Dorothy continued school until completing the 10th grade.

On July 26, 1923 she was united in marriage to Marvin Ruyle at Bedford, Iowa. They lived in Bedford and Gravity before moving to College Springs where they lived for 11 years. They then moved to Oregon during World War II where Marvin worked for the state as a mechanic. Later they moved to Olympia, Wash, where they lived the rest of their married life. Marvin preceded her in death in 1973. Dorothy remained in Olympia until moving to Anita, Iowa in 1981 and she had lived at Colonial Manor off and on since that time.

Mrs. Ruyle is survived by two sisters: Marjorie Ray of Clarinda, Iowa and Annabelle Savage of Independence, Mo.; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, and infant child, one brother Jack Stephens and three sisters: Mary Frances Moser, Ruth Wood, and Bertha June Stephens, who died in infancy.

Dorothy will be remembered by her loved ones and friends as a kind and consider-ate person and she will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Dorothy,Daughter of John S. Stephens and Della Bertha Thomas,married Marvin Dominick Ruyle,Sr., Son of Turner Ruyle and Louisa Wilhemina Benz. 26 July, Taylor Co., IA: To this marriage were born one son Marvin Dominick, Jr.

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday February 13, 1991

Dorothy Stephens Ruyle

Graveside funeral services for Dorothy [May] Stephens Ruyle, former resident of this community, were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1991 at the Conway Cemetery. Mrs. Ruyle passed away February 2, 1991.

Dorothy Stephens Ruyle was born at New Market, Iowa on January 27, 1905, the daughter of John [Shriver] Stephens and Bertha Thomas Stephens. The family then moved to Bedford, Iowa and Dorothy continued school until completing the 10th grade.

On July 26, 1923 she was united in marriage to Marvin Ruyle at Bedford, Iowa. They lived in Bedford and Gravity before moving to College Springs where they lived for 11 years. They then moved to Oregon during World War II where Marvin worked for the state as a mechanic. Later they moved to Olympia, Wash, where they lived the rest of their married life. Marvin preceded her in death in 1973. Dorothy remained in Olympia until moving to Anita, Iowa in 1981 and she had lived at Colonial Manor off and on since that time.

Mrs. Ruyle is survived by two sisters: Marjorie Ray of Clarinda, Iowa and Annabelle Savage of Independence, Mo.; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, and infant child, one brother Jack Stephens and three sisters: Mary Frances Moser, Ruth Wood, and Bertha June Stephens, who died in infancy.

Dorothy will be remembered by her loved ones and friends as a kind and consider-ate person and she will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.


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