Person:Ruth Burch (1)

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Ruth Darling Burch
b.29 Oct 1900 Metz, Steuben Co, IN
d.16 Sep 1989 Rock Island, RI County, IL
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m. 29 Nov 1899
  1. Ruth Darling Burch1900 - 1989
  2. Maude Albertine Burch1902 - 1995
  3. Francis Paul Burch1906 - 1976
  4. Elsa Mae Burch1911 - 2002
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Name Ruth Darling Burch
Gender Female
Birth? 29 Oct 1900 Metz, Steuben Co, IN
Death[1] 16 Sep 1989 Rock Island, RI County, IL
Burial? Cremated; Inurment-Memorial Park Cemetery, RI.; Lot 28, Section 2.
Religion? Southpark Presbyterian Church, Rock Island.

See EFM biography. DOB and POB from Obit [BU-IL 9]; also DC [MC-IL 80; Registration District No 81.0, but no State File or Registered number listed]; also parents. Died in Silver Cross Medical Center of Friendship Manor, RI. Cause of death = cardiac arrest associated with ASHD. Cremated and interred in Chippianock Crematory, Rock Island; informant was sister Maude, who also lived at 1209-21st Ave. SS# 342-20-3403

1917 directory” living at 1515-28th St. 1924: teacher 1930: teacher at Franklin Jr. High School 1936: “

1930 census: living with parents at 1515-28th Street and with sister, Elsa; age 28; teacher for public schools [BU-IL 56].


Obituary from Sunday Dispatch, Moline. IL, 17 September 1989, p. B4 [BU-IL 19 first set] Ruth Burch Memorial services for Ruth D. Burch, 88, a resident of Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island, are at a later date at the Friendship Manor Chapel, Rock Island. The body has been cremated, Inurement is in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the nursing center or Southpark Presbyterian Church, Rock Island, of which she was a member. Hodgsen Funeral Home, Rock Island is in charge of arrangements. She died at the nursing center Friday. Ruth Burch was born Oct. 29, 1900, in Metz, Ind. She attended Augustana College and graduated from the University of Iowa. She taught school in Iowa two years, then became a teacher in the Rock Island school system, where she was director of special education. Mrs. (sic) Burch was a 60-year member of Southpark Presbyterian Church; president and treasurer of Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary International Education Society; Rock island Community Council of Social Agencies; historian and former president and secretary of Rock island Chapter 48 Council for Exceptional Children; a life-member of and served on committees for the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children. She was former president of Altrusa Club, and a member of the American Association for Retired Teachers; Ministering Circle Kings Daughters and the American Association of University Women, Rock Island-Moline branch. Survivors include sisters, Elsa McBride, Moline, and Mrs. Hugh J. Lawson, Rock Island; a niece, Virginia Woodruff, Bettendorf; a nephew, Dr. Earl (sic) F. McBride, Texas; and nine great-nieces and nephews.

POBurial from Memorial Park Cemetery Internment Records, 6/2003 [BU-IL ].

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  1. ↑ Death Certificate has no Registered Number or State File Number; enumeration district 81.0..
  2.   Obituary from the Sunday Dispatch, Moline. IL, 17 September 1989, p. B4.
    [BU-IL 19, first set].
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