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Lillie Blanche <I>Marker</I> Gowen - Ruby

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Lillie Blanche Marker Gowen - Ruby

Birth
Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
Death
9 Aug 1967 (aged 89)
Madison, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Marietta, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Lillie {Age 2} is recorded on the
1880 census at Felix, Grundy, Iowa
dwelling in the household of her parents.

Cause of death - Myocardial failure
due to coronary heart disease.

Lillian married

1] Warner Arwin GOWEN
on 14 January 1895
at Spencer, Clay, Iowa
They were the parents of one son;
Earl Arwin.
Warner and Lillie divorced.

2] William Riley RUBY
on 24 August 1898 in Clay County, Iowa
They were the parents of eight children.
The family is recorded on the
1900 census at Herdland Township, Iowa.

William {Age 71} and Lillie {Age 61}
are recorded on the 1940 census at
Madison, La Qui Parle, Minnesota.

MADISON PRESS - 16 August 1967:
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Lillian Blanche Ruby passed away on August
9, 1967. In January of 1967 she entered the hospital in Madison and on being released made her home with her son, Clarence, until she re-entered the hospital on July 25 until
her death.
She came with her parents to Clay County, Iowa in 1880. The family settled on a farm in Herdland Township.
As a young wife and mother she was convicted of her sins and saw her need of the Savior to cleanse her heart. She surrendered her life to Christ and spent the rest of her days in the service of her Lord whom she loved to the end of her life.
In 1908 she moved with her family to a farm 6 miles south west of Marietta, where she lived until they moved to Marietta in October 1939.
Interment in Augusta Cemetery.
Lillie {Age 2} is recorded on the
1880 census at Felix, Grundy, Iowa
dwelling in the household of her parents.

Cause of death - Myocardial failure
due to coronary heart disease.

Lillian married

1] Warner Arwin GOWEN
on 14 January 1895
at Spencer, Clay, Iowa
They were the parents of one son;
Earl Arwin.
Warner and Lillie divorced.

2] William Riley RUBY
on 24 August 1898 in Clay County, Iowa
They were the parents of eight children.
The family is recorded on the
1900 census at Herdland Township, Iowa.

William {Age 71} and Lillie {Age 61}
are recorded on the 1940 census at
Madison, La Qui Parle, Minnesota.

MADISON PRESS - 16 August 1967:
*****************************
Lillian Blanche Ruby passed away on August
9, 1967. In January of 1967 she entered the hospital in Madison and on being released made her home with her son, Clarence, until she re-entered the hospital on July 25 until
her death.
She came with her parents to Clay County, Iowa in 1880. The family settled on a farm in Herdland Township.
As a young wife and mother she was convicted of her sins and saw her need of the Savior to cleanse her heart. She surrendered her life to Christ and spent the rest of her days in the service of her Lord whom she loved to the end of her life.
In 1908 she moved with her family to a farm 6 miles south west of Marietta, where she lived until they moved to Marietta in October 1939.
Interment in Augusta Cemetery.

Inscription

'Mother'
LILLIE B. RUBY
1878 - 1967

Gravesite Details

Photo is courtesy of Mona ROGERS; great granddaughter.



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