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Ruth Lavon Potter
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Ruth Lavon Potter 1 2
- Born: 4 February 1908, Tiffin, IA 1
- Marriage (1): Robert Emory Seydel about 1925 1
- Died: 1967 at age 59
- Buried: 1967, Oak Hill Cemetery, Tiffin, IA
 Burial Notes:
Ruth was buried in the same cemetery as her parents and under her maiden name of Potter. There is no mention of the name of her husband, Robert Emory Seydel, on her grave.
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Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Clear Creek Township, Johnson, IA on April 1930. 1
1930 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 4, Family 44, Roll 661
Clear Creek Township, Johnson County, Iowa, United States
Ruth L. Seydel..Daughter..22..IA
(Living with husband and 3 daughters at the home of her parents.)
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• She was buried in 1967 in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Tiffin, IA.
Find A Grave Memorial #113080502
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Ruth married Robert Emory Seydel, son of Jesse Cartright Seydel and Lizzie Mae McLaughlin, about 1925.1 (Robert Emory Seydel was born on 5 March 1902 in Liberty Township, Johnson County, IA,1 4 5 6 7 8 died on 13 July 1989 in , Rock Island County, IL 7 8 and was buried after 13 July 1989 in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA 8.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Clear Creek Township, Johnson, IA on April 1930. 1
1930 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 4, Family 44, Roll 661
Clear Creek Township, Johnson County, Iowa, United States
John R. Potter..Head..57..IA
Adelia C. Potter..Wife..47..IA
Ray M. Potter..Son..16..IA
Clyde E. Potter..Son..11..IA
Robert E. Seydel..Son-in-law..28..IA
Ruth L. Seydel..Daughter..22..IA
Meryle L. Seydel..Granddaughter..4..IA
Phyllis J. Seydel..Granddaughter..2..IA
Patsy R. Seydel..Granddaughter..1..IA
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Sources
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1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Clear Creek Township, Johnson County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0004, sheet 2A, family 44, Roberet Emory Seydel and Ruth Lavon Potter; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 661.
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Chris Carruthers, "Carruthers/Mineer," database, Rootsweb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2079570).
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 21 Sep 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113080502.
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"Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674820 : accessed 21 Sep 2014), Robert Emery Seydel.
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1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Liberty Township, Johnson County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 5A, family 76, Jesse Cartright Seydel and Lizzie Mae McLaughlin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.
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1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 12A, family 310, Jesse Cartright Seydel and Lizzie Mae McLaughlin; index and images (accessed 20 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.
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"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3X1-G26 : 4 December 2020), Robert E Seydel, 13 Jul 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 21 Sep 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14734107.