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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Ruth McAdams
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Ruth McAdams
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| LAST NAME: McAdams
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FIRST NAME: Ruth
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| TITLE: Miss
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| BORN: 29 Mar 1890
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DIED: 24 Oct 1990
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BURIED: 29 Oct 1990
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OCCUPATION: Dressmaker
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| BIRTH PLACE: Burr Oak, Winneshiek Co., Iowa
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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AFB #1079 - Ruth McAdams b. Burr Oak, Iowa 29 Mar 1890, d. Keizer, Oregon 24 Oct 1990, interment 29 Oct 1990 in Lot #448, next of kin Melvin Eide (guardian) of Salem.
Name of father Carlos McAdams.
1910 MO CENSUS - Ruth McAdams, age 20, b. Iowa, is enumerated with father Carlos J., age 46, occupation farmer, b. Minnesota, and his wife of 24 years, Ida E., age 40, mother of 3 children, 2 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Indiana, along Phebe, age 16, b. Iowa.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Ruth McAdams celebrated her 100th birthday at a reception of about 50 residents at Willamette Lutheran Home. She came to visit a cousin with her sister Phebe, but they liked it so well that they decided to stay. Her sister taught at Leslie Junior High School and McAdams made clothes in her home. She enjoyed traveling and after her sister's retirement they traveled to every capital city in the U.S. except for Little Rock, Arkansas.
Senior News Monthly April 1990
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OBITUARY:
Ruth McADAMS -- March 29, 1890 - Oct 4, 1990 -- Keizer -- Ruth McAdams, 100, died Wednesday in Salem. She was born in Burr Oak, Iowa, and came to Salem in 1920. She was a self-employed dressmaker until retiring. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include her nephew, Robert L. McAdams of Orting, Washington. Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Virgil T. Golden mortuary, Salem. Private interment will be in Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the church memorial fund.
Statesman Journal Oct. 26, 1990
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INSCRIPTION:
McAdams
Ruth
Mar. 29, 1890
Oct. 4, 1900
Sister
(shares marker with Phebe)
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1910 MO CENSUS (Howell Co., Willow Springs, ED 93, sheet 9B)
AFB #1079
SJ 26 Oct 1990
Senior News Monthly April 1990
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| LOT: 448
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SPACE: 4 SE
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