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Ruth Garrett
d.20 May 1997 Joplin, MO
m. 15 Jun 1967
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Name Ruth Garrett
Gender Female
Birth? 11 Nov 1918 Picher, Ottawa Co., OK
Marriage 15 Jun 1967 Miami, OKto Leslie Couch
Death? 20 May 1997 Joplin, MO

Ruth Couch


QUAPAW, Okla. … Ruth Garrett Couch, 78, Quapaw, died at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, 1997, at Freeman Hospital East, Joplin, of a massive cerebral hemorrhage.

Mrs. Couch was born in Picher, Okla., Nov. 11, 1918. She moved to Quapaw from the Miami/Picher area. She was the social director of a Quapaw nursing home for several years.

She was a member of the Southeast Baptist Church, Miami.

She married the Rev. Leslie Couch, Jr. on June 15, 1967 at Miami. He survives.

Additional survivors include a son, Ted Garrett, El Reno, Okla.; a daughter, Susan Lloyd, Pittsburg, Kan.; three stepdaughters, Kim Baldwin, Miami, Ida Parkison, Cardon, Okla., and Mary Spicer, Miami; one brother, Warren Gough, Noel, Mo.; one sister, Christina Willard, Joplin; ten grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are under the direction of Paul Thomas Funeral Home, Picher.