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Ruby Bell <I>Allred</I> Draper

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Ruby Bell Allred Draper

Birth
Naples, Uintah County, Utah, USA
Death
25 Nov 2004 (aged 95)
Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.430832, Longitude: -109.5213147
Plot
BH102.00_L4_S2
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Born 11 April 1909
Father: James Martin Allred Sr. (1865-1953)
Mother: Margaret Lindsay Camp (1868-1957)
Married Heber Roy Phelps (1906-1948) in 1929 in Utah
Married Archibald Hicks (1882-1957)
Married Edward Draper
Children
RaLaine Phelps (1938-2006)
Margaret Ann Phelps (1940-2012)
Merlin Leroy Phelps (1941-2004)
Source: new.familysearch.org Person identifier KWCL-WXT
Note: this source lists two birth places, (1) Naples, Uintah County, Utah, and (2) Vernal, Uintah County, Utah
Source for death place is http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/viewburial?id=1816&cemeteryid=UI1202
Source for spouse Archibald Hicks is http://archives.utah.gov/indexes/data/81448/1957/SaltLake/UTAH0001D_814480107-Deaths-1957-Salt-Lake-County-F014_M_00023.jpg
Source for Merlin Leroy Phelps: "Salt Lake Tribune, The", Utah, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/103186258B1A99AD-103186258B1A99AD : accessed 19 July 2015)
Merlin L. Phelps 1941 ~ 2004

She is referred to in her father's obituary as Mrs. Archie (Ruby) Hicks.

Obituary

1909 ~ 2004

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend, Ruby Bell Allred Phelps Draper, age 95, passed away Nov. 25, 2004.

Born April 11, 1909 in Vernal Utah daughter of James Martin and Margaret Lindsay Camp Allred. She married Heber LeRoy Phelps, later divorced, married Edward Draper who preceded her in death. She was the last surviving of 13 children. She was educated in Uintah County Schools. She graduated from Uintah High School and LDS Seminary in 1928. Active member of the LDS Church, holding many callings including counselor in the Relief Society and Primary and president of the Young Women's. She was the secretary at the Genealogical Convention and worked in the Salt Lake Temple as a receptionist and ordinance worker. She worked as a seamstress making prom dresses and wedding gowns.

She is survived by her children, Trudy (Tom) Cannell and Margaret Phelps; three grandchildren, Robyn (Ray) Erkkila, Vickie Bixby and Kelly Phelps; eight great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and one on the way; many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband; son, Merlin Phelps; granddaughter, Terri Barnett; grandson, Scott Phelps; parents; ten brothers and two sisters.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at the Vernal City Memorial Park, 1700 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah. A viewing will be Monday from 6-8 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road, Salt Lake City.

Published in the Deseret News
Born 11 April 1909
Father: James Martin Allred Sr. (1865-1953)
Mother: Margaret Lindsay Camp (1868-1957)
Married Heber Roy Phelps (1906-1948) in 1929 in Utah
Married Archibald Hicks (1882-1957)
Married Edward Draper
Children
RaLaine Phelps (1938-2006)
Margaret Ann Phelps (1940-2012)
Merlin Leroy Phelps (1941-2004)
Source: new.familysearch.org Person identifier KWCL-WXT
Note: this source lists two birth places, (1) Naples, Uintah County, Utah, and (2) Vernal, Uintah County, Utah
Source for death place is http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/viewburial?id=1816&cemeteryid=UI1202
Source for spouse Archibald Hicks is http://archives.utah.gov/indexes/data/81448/1957/SaltLake/UTAH0001D_814480107-Deaths-1957-Salt-Lake-County-F014_M_00023.jpg
Source for Merlin Leroy Phelps: "Salt Lake Tribune, The", Utah, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/103186258B1A99AD-103186258B1A99AD : accessed 19 July 2015)
Merlin L. Phelps 1941 ~ 2004

She is referred to in her father's obituary as Mrs. Archie (Ruby) Hicks.

Obituary

1909 ~ 2004

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend, Ruby Bell Allred Phelps Draper, age 95, passed away Nov. 25, 2004.

Born April 11, 1909 in Vernal Utah daughter of James Martin and Margaret Lindsay Camp Allred. She married Heber LeRoy Phelps, later divorced, married Edward Draper who preceded her in death. She was the last surviving of 13 children. She was educated in Uintah County Schools. She graduated from Uintah High School and LDS Seminary in 1928. Active member of the LDS Church, holding many callings including counselor in the Relief Society and Primary and president of the Young Women's. She was the secretary at the Genealogical Convention and worked in the Salt Lake Temple as a receptionist and ordinance worker. She worked as a seamstress making prom dresses and wedding gowns.

She is survived by her children, Trudy (Tom) Cannell and Margaret Phelps; three grandchildren, Robyn (Ray) Erkkila, Vickie Bixby and Kelly Phelps; eight great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and one on the way; many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband; son, Merlin Phelps; granddaughter, Terri Barnett; grandson, Scott Phelps; parents; ten brothers and two sisters.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at the Vernal City Memorial Park, 1700 South 500 East, Vernal, Utah. A viewing will be Monday from 6-8 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road, Salt Lake City.

Published in the Deseret News


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