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Ruth Inez Blasdel

Female 1910 - 2010  (99 years)


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  • Name Ruth Inez Blasdel 
    Born 13 Dec 1910  Dearborn County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 2010  [1
    Buried Twin Hill Cemetery, Pennville, Jay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I576  Decker Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2019 

    Father Charles Dow Blasdel,   b. 2 Apr 1884, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1960, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Flora Inez Grubbs,   b. 8 Nov 1885, Harrison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973  (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 20 Mar 1907  Dearborn County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Bryan Guard,   b. 1900, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1998, Pennville, Jay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 11 Jun 1932  [2
    Children 
     1. Pauline E Guard,   b. 10 Oct 1936,   d. 8 Aug 2001  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
     2. Wilbur R. Guard,   b. 7 Dec 1944,   d. 9 Dec 1944  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     3. D.L. Guard
     4. L. Guard
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ruth I. Guard, age 99, a former resident of rural Pennville and a former resident Crown Pointe for 5 years, passed away on Friday at Persimmon Ridge of Portland, where she had been a resident of 6 months.
      Ruth was born on December 13, 1910, in Dearborn County, Indiana, the daughter of Charles and Flora (Grubbs) Blasdel. She graduated in 1928 from Bright High School in Bright, Indiana. She was a member of the Pennville United Methodist Church where she was a member of the W.C.T.U. She also was a member of the Pennville Township Home Economics Club. Ruth married William Bryan Guard on June 11, 1932, and he preceded her in death on September 29, 1998.

      Survivors include:
      1 son: Delmar Lee Guard (wife Mary Beth) - West Lafayette, Indiana

      1 daughter: Laverne Long (husband Mike) - rural Pennville, Indiana

      1 sister: Doris Sackett - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

      1 son-in-law: William Daughtery (wife Eileen) - rural Pennville, Indiana

      9 grandcihldren and 19 great grandchildren

      Visitation for Ruth Guard will be held on Sunday from 12 - 2 p.m. in the Pennville United Methodist Church in Pennville.

      Funeral services for Ruth Guard will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Pennville United Methodist Church in Pennville. Pastor Chris Tiedeman will officiate and burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Twin Hills Cemetery in Pennville.

      Memorials may be directed towards the Pennville United Methodist Church or Gideons Memorial Bible Program.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Gravestone (year only).

    2. [S16] Obituary.