Ruth M. (Gonsolin) Wright, 91, of 25 Stonegate Drive passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Graham Hospital.
She was born Sept. 3, 1919, in Brownsdale, Minn., the daughter of Arthur C. Nelson and Mabel Ida (Christison) Nelson. She first married Edward M. Gonsolin on April 13, 1941, in Brownsdale, and he died in the Philippines during World War II. She then married Charles Edward Wright on Dec. 25, 1945, in Tacoma, Wash.
Surviving is Charlie, her husband of 65 years; and daughter, Patricia (Larry) Laysalle of Canton.
Also preceding her in death were her parents and three brothers.
Ruth was a 1941 graduate of Kahler Nursing School and a 1944 graduate of Mayo School for Physical Therapy, both in Rochester, Minn. She worked at Graham Hospital from 1963 to 1982 as the department head of physical therapy.
She was also a graduate of the Charlie Wright School of Broadcasting and worked with her husband at WBYS Radio from 1954 to 1999.
Ruth also served as a volunteer surgical hostess at Graham Hospital.
Ruth was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Canton, the Altrusa and Altruistic clubs, the American Physical Therapy Association and the Graham Hospital Service League Association.
Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens in Canton.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - July 1, 2011.
Ruth M. (Gonsolin) Wright, 91, of 25 Stonegate Drive passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Graham Hospital.
She was born Sept. 3, 1919, in Brownsdale, Minn., the daughter of Arthur C. Nelson and Mabel Ida (Christison) Nelson. She first married Edward M. Gonsolin on April 13, 1941, in Brownsdale, and he died in the Philippines during World War II. She then married Charles Edward Wright on Dec. 25, 1945, in Tacoma, Wash.
Surviving is Charlie, her husband of 65 years; and daughter, Patricia (Larry) Laysalle of Canton.
Also preceding her in death were her parents and three brothers.
Ruth was a 1941 graduate of Kahler Nursing School and a 1944 graduate of Mayo School for Physical Therapy, both in Rochester, Minn. She worked at Graham Hospital from 1963 to 1982 as the department head of physical therapy.
She was also a graduate of the Charlie Wright School of Broadcasting and worked with her husband at WBYS Radio from 1954 to 1999.
Ruth also served as a volunteer surgical hostess at Graham Hospital.
Ruth was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Canton, the Altrusa and Altruistic clubs, the American Physical Therapy Association and the Graham Hospital Service League Association.
Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens in Canton.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - July 1, 2011.
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