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Birth	:	1 Mar 1911 Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	11 Sep 2011 Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6690000, -92.1557000
Description	:	Ruth Emily Martin, 100, of Memphis, Missouri, died Sunday morning, September 11, 2011 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born March 1, 1911, in Harvey County, Kansas, to Alfred B. and Ethel Jane Boyd Woodward. Ruth was the oldest of eight children and last of her family. She grew up in Harvey County, Kansas and attended Liberty District School and graduated from Moundridge High School, Class 1929. She married Earl Martin, July 30, 1933 and to this union one son was born. Ruth was a homemaker and farm wife. She began taking piano lessons before she started school and played... Read More	Ruth Emily Martin, 100, of Memphis, Missouri, died Sunday morning, September 11, 2011 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born March 1, 1911, in Harvey County, Kansas, to Alfred B. and Ethel Jane Boyd Woodward. Ruth was the oldest of eight children and last of her family. She grew up in Harvey County, Kansas and attended Liberty District School and graduated from Moundridge High School, Class 1929. She married Earl Martin, July 30, 1933 and to this union one son was born. Ruth was a homemaker and farm wife. She began taking piano lessons before she started school and played regularly at church services while growing up in Kansas. During high school she played for Glee Clubs and chorus. When radio first came out, someone arranged for Ruth and a classmate to travel to a radio station in Wichita and perform. Ruth accompanied her classmate while she sang and then played a piano solo. She continued to play for church and Sunday School throughout her life and played the piano and organ at the Pulaski United Methodist Church in Pulaski, Iowa, from 1960 until she moved into the Scotland County Residential Terrace in 1997. While in the Scotland County Residential Terrace she would occasionally play for devotions and church services until her eyesight prevented her from seeing well. As the oldest of eight children, Ruth became her father's helper on the farm. She would often help with the cultivating, mowing and raking hay and riding the binder while cutting wheat and oats, all with a team of horses. One fall she drilled 90 acres of wheat by herself with a team of 4 horses and the drill. Ruth and her husband, Earl, continued farming throughout their marriage, farming in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri. They purchased a farm in Davis County in 1960 and farmed there until their retirement in 1972. Ruth was a member of the Pulaski United Methodist Church and an active member of the UMW group. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1975, a stepson, Albert G. Martin and the following brothers and sisters; Benjamin Franklin, Katie Esther, Nellie Alice, Amy Ellen, Alfred Boyd, Franklin Howard, Clara Sophia and Robert Clinton. She is survived by a son, Wayne L. Martin and his wife, Patricia, of Memphis, Missouri; a granddaughter, Linda Mallett and her husband, Mark, of Baring, Missouri; two great-grandchildren: Curtis Mallett and his wife, Jenny, of Memphis, Missouri; Brandi Tague and her husband, Andrew, of Hurdland, Missouri; a step- grandson, Kenneth Martin and two step- great-grandsons: Mike Martin and Mark Martin, all of Greenville, South Carolina; three great- great-grandchildren: Mason Mallett, Lanie Mallett, and Levi Tague. Other survivors include a sister-in- law, Esther Woodward, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, several nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services were held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 14, with Reverend Dee Wiley officiating. Musicians were Brent Karhoff, vocalist and Joan Hinds, accompanist. Burial followed in Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Iowa. Casket bearers were Curtis Mallett, Mark Mallett, Curvin Martin, Curvin D. Martin, Delmar Martin and Andrew Tague. As an expression of sympathy, a memorial may be given to Scotland County Nutrition Site, Scotland County Oats Bus or the donor's choice. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market Street Memphis, Missouri 63555. Arrangements are under the direction of Memphis Funeral Home. Memphis Democrat, September 15, 2011

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Ruth Emily Woodward Martin's memorial is located at: Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Van Buren County, USA.
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Ruth Emily Woodward Martin death on 11 Sep 2011 in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA
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Latitude: 40.6690000
Longitude: -92.1557000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Earl Martin

(1896 - 1975)

Siblings

Nellie A. Woodward Dyck

(1913 - 1995)

Amy Ellen Woodward Sommerfeld

(1915 - 2005)

Robert Clinton Woodward

(1923 - 1990)

Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Woodward

(1904 - 1984)

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