Person:Ruby Ashton (1)

Deceased Grandsons: Zacharia Medaugh and John Carlisle. Childhood Venedocia neighbor: Thomas Diss

Ruby's Answers in the book, "Grandma, Do You Remember When?"

[Ruby was ill with cancer when she received this book. She only answered questions in the beginning of the book]

...Tell me a favorite story about our family...Ruby wrote, "I don't have any one favorite. We used to go camping which was fun, our Christmas tradition was to always [go to] church Christmas Eve then come home & exchange gifts, then travel to see Grandma & Grandpa."

...Your Mom and Dad...Ruby wrote, "My parents were hard working people. They never had much for the first few married years. Dad farmed for farmers & Mom helped. Then Dad got a job with Buckeye Pipeline, Lima O. We traveled for a few years with Dad as they laid new pipe in other states. When I started to school we gave up our small 8 ft trailer & bought a little one bedroom house in Venedocia. Dad worked for the pipe line for 30 some years.

...What is your happiest memory about your mom and dad?...Ruby wrote, "That they loved me and we were happy even if we didn't have much. I remember one time being caught in the circle of their love & it was special."

...what your childhood home was like?...Ruby wrote, "Our first home had 3 rooms, bedroom, kitchen & living room and a path [porch] out back. Our second home had 5 rooms & a path [porch] out back until Dad built a bathroom. In the little house [first house] I shared a bedroom with Mom & Dad. In our other house I had my own room."

...What were your favorite/least favorite foods?...Ruby wrote, "liver"

...What was your room like as a girl?...Ruby wrote, "My bedroom had 3 windows. It was papered with white & pink ribbon wallpaper."

...Which schools did you go to?...Ruby wrote, "Jennings Local until the 4th grade when we moved to the larger home on the other side of Main St. Then I went to York Local."

...Who was your favorite teacher?...Ruby wrote, "Mrs. Minnie Jones"

...What was your favorite subject?...Ruby wrote, "Geography & art"

...What subject was hardest for you?...Ruby wrote, "Math"

...What kind of activities were you involved in throughout your school years?...Ruby wrote, Music, Y teens. I sang in a sextet"

...When you first saw Grandpa?...Ruby wrote, "at the Venedocia Ball Park"

...How did Grandpa propose...Ruby wrote, "We were sitting in the car and he just said someday you will be my wife."

...What did your parents think about your engagement?...Ruby wrote, "They wanted me to finish school but we got married when I was 16."

...When and where did you get married? What was the wedding like?...Ruby wrote, "The Manse of Salem Presbyterian church in front of the fire place. It was only Rev. Ellis, Doris Davis Price, Ted Croft, grandpa and me"

Obituary

The Daily Standard, Celina, Ohio, Monday, June 22, 2009

Ruby Pauline Medaugh, 71, of Venedocia, died June 18, 2009.

She was born July 22, 1937, to Paul and Violet (Reynolds) Ashton of Venedocia. Her mother survives. On Nov. 21, 1953, she married John G. Medaugh, who survives. Other survivors are her children, Jonathan (Teresa) Medaugh, Corning, Paul (Laura) Medaugh, Dresden, Rebekah (Chris) Carlisle, Westerville, and David (Beth) Medaugh, Bremen; a brother Charles (Vickie) Ashton of Middleburg, Fla. Deceased is a grandson.

She supported her husband throughout his seven years of college and seminary and their 40 plus years in the ministry in the West Ohio United Methodist Conference She was active in the Bowersock Brothers Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spencerville, and the Trinity United Methodist Church, Delphos, and the United Methodist Spouses.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 4:30 p.m.on Saturday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina. A memorial service will begin at 5 p.m. in the church sanctuary, the Rev. Kimberly Miller officiating. There will be no visitation.

Contributions can be made to The Gerad Foundation for Cancer Treatment, Lima, St. Rita's Hospice, Lima, Veterans of Foreign Wars Spencerville Ladies Auxiliary Cancer Fund or the church.

Arrangements entrusted to Bayliff & Son Funeral Home in Cridersville.

Paul & Violet Ashton Family, abt 1946

Ashton Family Gathering, abt 1940

Ruby with her Mother, Grandmother & Great-Grandmother, abt 1938

Ashton Family Women

Ruby with Gt. Grandma Nettie & relatives

Ashton reunion, Venedocia, 1960

Ashton reunion, Venedocia, 1998

Fannie the dog, Ruby & her parents c 1939

c 1940

Ruby with parents, brother & Sandra Kramer, c 1948

Venedocia c 1998; sisters & their daughters: Janice, Ruby, Violet & Ruby Pauline

At the "Little House"

Extended family gathering c 1942

Ruby in 1949, age 12, at Sand Lakes

5 generations: Jonathan Medaugh, b. 1955, with Ruby, Violet, Gladys and Nettie

1996

1991

1991

1963

1961. Grandchildren & great-grandchild of Edward & Gladys Reynolds, at their 50th wedding anniversary

Ruby & her family, 1969

Connie's 3rd birthday party, June 1948. Neighbors & relatives

1999

Ruby and family

18 Apr 2002 after father's funeral

22 Jul 1940. Ruby's 3rd birthday, celebrated in Bowling Green, Ohio

1940. Ruby, age 3

21 Nov 1953; Ruby, 16, and John, 19

Fall of 2007; Ruby, 70, and John, 73

2009

Nov. 2007 with grandson Johnny Carlisle and his paternal grandparents, Helen and Joe

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15} Rebekah.

   Street sign for "Little House" reads WITTINGTON but the street is listed as WHITTINGTON in the recorder's office

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ruby Pauline Ashton Medaugh, in Find A Grave.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ashton, Violet Reynolds. Ashton, Violet Reynolds - Recollections.
4. ↑ Ruby Ashton's Baby Book, in Personal Knowledge
   1937-1938.

   Birth was attended by nurse, Mrs. Hooker, and doctor H. G. [Homer G.] Deerhake [of Spencerville]. Ruby was five pounds and six ounces at her birth. She was born at 12:50 a.m. on July 22, 1937. Paul and Violet were members of the West Union Church where Rev. E. E. Stopher was the pastor.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Ruby's "Grandma, Do You Remember When?" book, in Personal Knowledge.

   Ruby wrote that her parents named her after her mother's sister, Ruby, and her father's twin sister, Pauline [who lived next door]. "Dad used to call me R.P." [He called his sister-in-law, R.J. for Ruby Jones.]