Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Vera Ruthbert Madden ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Vera Ruthbert Madden
LAST NAME: Madden FIRST NAME: Vera MIDDLE NAME: Ruthbert NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Fitzhugh AKA 1: White AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 13 July 1903 DIED: 23 Nov 1996 BURIED: 26 Nov 1996
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Nurse
BIRTH PLACE:  Dayton, Columbia Co., Washington
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father John Robert Fitzhugh
Maiden name of mother Minnie Carter
Authorization for Burial #01125 - Vera R. Madden, b. 13 July 1903 in Dayton, Washington, d. 23 Nov 1996 in Portland, Oregon, interment IOOF 26 Nov 1996 at 11 am in Lot # 23, Sp 2 SE, undertaker Rigdon.
1920 OR CENSUS - Vera R. Fitzhugh, age 16, b. Washington, is enumerated with John R., age 55, b. Missouri, and Minnie C., age 48, b. Iowa, along with Veta J., age 15, b. Washington.
1st MARRIAGE - to Loren White
2nd MARRIAGE - to Vernon L. Madden, 31 Oct 1971, Los Angeles, California
OBITUARY: 
Vera Ruthbert Madden
July 13, 1903-Nov. 23, 1996. 
Portland - Vera R. Madden, 93, former longtime Salem resident, died Saturday in Portland. She was born in Dayton, Wash., and graduated from the Deaconess Nursing School in Portland. She was a longtime Salem resident. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, and the Eagles and Vetrans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries. Her husband, Loren White, died in 1951. She married Vernon Madden in 1971; he died in 1975. Survivors include her sones, Robert C. White of Keizer, Loren J. White of St. Louis, Mo., and Franklin D. White of Lake Havasu City, Ariz.; daughters, Gloria Zoesch of Portland, Eleanor M. Thompson of Turner, and Luella R. Geider of Pleasant Hill; stepdaughter, Eileen Gentzkow of Salem; stepson, Ellis B. White of Kennewick, Wash.; 16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. today in Pioneer Cemetery, Salem. Arrangements are by Rigdon-Ransom mortuary, Salem. 
(Source - obituary attached to authorization for burial)
INSCRIPTION: 
Beloved Mother 
Vera R. Madden 
1903 - 1996
SOURCES: 
LD 
Authorization for Burial #01125
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 (Ancestry.com)
1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 349, pg 2B)
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 023 SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: