Ruth Elizabeth Stephens

1902 - 1988  (86 years)

• Name	Ruth Elizabeth Stephens
  Birth	1902	Taylor Co, IA
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Apr 1930	Marshall, Taylor, IA ; age 27, born IA, 1st marr at 20, parents born IA/IA
  Census	2 Apr 1940	Grant, Taylor, IA ; age 38, born IA, H4 ed, in same house in 1935
  Death	7 Jul 1988	Atlantic, Cass, IA
  Burial		Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, IA
  Person ID	I18385	Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	John Shriver Stephens
  Mother	Bertha Della Thomas
  Family ID	F7115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Glenn Raymond Woods,   b. 2 Nov 1899, Benton, Taylor, IA d. Apr 1994 (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1922	Bedford, Taylor, IA
  Notes	from "Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996" (ancestry.com) On 27 Dec 1922 in Bedford, Taylor, IA, Glen Raymond Woods, born Bedford to Robert Marion Woods and Solo Fox, married Ruth Elizabeth Stephens, 21, born Taylor Co, IA to John Stephens and Della Bertha Thomas.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Woods,   b. 12 Jul 1924, Taylor Co, IA d. 12 Jul 1924, Taylor Co, IA (Age 0 years) 2. Joan Woods,   b. 1933, Taylor Co, IA d. 1981 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F7114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Bedford Times-Press", 13 Jul 1988 (posted on findagrave.com) RUTH STEPHENS WOODS Graveside services for Ruth [Elizabeth] Stephens Woods were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings Saturday, July 9, 1988. Mrs. Woods passed away July 7, 1988 at the hospital in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa at the age of 85 years. She was born in 1902 to John [Shriver] Stephens and [Della] Bertha Thomas Stephens. She was graduated from Bedford High School and later united in marriage to Glen Woods of Bedford, Ia. They made their home on farms in Taylor County until they moved to the Massena, Iowa area where they had continued to reside. Funeral services were held at the Maple Grove Church near Massena with burial in Fairview Cemetery at Bedford, Ia. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Joan Brahms of Massena, Ia. and a daughter who died in infancy; a brother Jack and a sister Mary. She is survived by her husband, Glen Woods of the home; and two sisters, Dorothy Ruyle of Anita, Ia. and Marjorie Stephens Ray of Clarinda; other relatives and friends. She was a member of the Methodist Church.