Ruth Marie Drugan ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  Medical Notes:

Medical History:
1946: Tonsillectomy
1946: Appendectomy
1949: Gall Bladder
1951: Reconstruction of ruptured Bile duct
1961: Caesarean Section
1965: Caesarean Section
1967: Hysterectomy

  Birth Notes:

Births: To Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Drugan, 215 Grand Street, on the 13th, a daughter, weight 8-1/2 pounds. (NOTE - This was the birth of Ruth Marie Drugan)

(Source: Winona Daily Republican; Winona, Minnesota, Sep 15, 1921, Page 7)
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name: Ruth Marie Drugan
gender: Female
birth date: 13 Sep 1921
birthplace: Winona City, Winona, Minn.
indexing project (batch) number: C59700-4
system origin: Minnesota-EASy
gs film number: 1377830
reference id: bk B p 8 l 314

Citing this Record
"Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDM5-YY6 : accessed 01 Mar 2013), Ruth Marie Drugan, 13 Sep 1921.
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  Death Notes:

Age: 80
Given Name: Ruth
Middle Name: M
Surname: Gilpin
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1921
State: Minnesota
Last Place of Residence: Sangamon, Illinois
Previous Residence Postal Code: 62704
Event Date: 02 Apr 2001

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL2H-GPV : 19 May 2014), Ruth M Gilpin, 02 Apr 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Burial Notes:

Plot: Crem C-594
Find a Grave, database and images

(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73250893/ruth_marie-gilpin: accessed June 6, 2026), memorial page for Ruth Marie Drugan Gilpin (13 Sep 1921\'962 Apr 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73250893, citing Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Brian Lightfoot (contributor 47796377).
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Occupation: Housewife. ⁷

2. 1930 US Census, 14 April 1930, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. ³ 1930 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 29, Dwelling 326, Family 355, Roll 1135
Winona, Winona, Minnesota
552 West 4th Street; Rent $25
Ruth Drugan..Daughter..8..MN

(Living with parents.)

3. 1940 US Census, 9 April 1940, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. ⁴ 1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 1969, District 85-30A, Family 170
Winona, Winona, Minnesota
618 West Howard Street; house rented $18
same place in 1935
Ruth Drugan..Daughter..18..MN..12th grade

(Living with step-father and mother.)

4. Photo, 1946, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. Ruth with daughter Cheryl Miller

5. 1950 US Census, 10 April 1950, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. ⁵ 1950 US Census
Page 12,13, District 85-37, Family 113
Winona, Winona, Minnesota
1603 North Fifth Street
Ruth M. Drugan..Stepdaughter..28..MN..Divorced

(Living at home with mother and step-father, 2 brothers, and 1 daughter)

6. Photo, July 1963, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. Ruth and husband David travelled to Rockford to visit her sister, Margaret

7. Obituary: State Journal-Register, 4 April 2001, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. ⁶ Ruth M. Gilpin, 79, of Jerome died Monday, April 2, 2001, at her home.

She was born Sept. 13, 1921, in Winona, Minn., the daughter of David G. and Lena L. Hanson Drugan. She married David N. Gilpin in 1951 in Petersburg.

Mrs. Gilpin was a member of Woodside Methodist Church and Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 755.

Survivors: husband, David; a son, Michael Gilpin of Springfield; four daughters, Cheryl (husband, Paul) Robillard of Scottsdale, Arizona, Patrice Burg of Divernon, Susan (husband, Mike) Miller of Elkhart and Nancy (husband, James) Armstrong of Auburn; a stepson, David N. Gilpin of Laramie, WY.; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; three brothers, David Drugan of Winona, Minn., John Drugan of Warren, Mich., and William Drugan of Atlanta; a sister, Martha Westphal of Modesto, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.

Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Bisch Funeral Home West, the Rev. William Schroeder officiating. Private interment will be held at a later date in Camp Butler National Cemetery.

(Source: State Journal-Register, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; Wednesday, 04 April 2001, page 12)
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8. Obituary: Winona Post, 8 April 2001, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. ⁶ Ruth Gilpin, formerly of Winona, died unexpectedly at her home in Springfield, Illinois on Monday, April 2, 2001.

Ruth was born in Winona on September 12, 1921 to David Drugan Sr. and Lena (Hanson) Drugan. She was a 1940 graduate of Winona Senior High School.

Ruth is survived by her husband, David; one son; four daughters; three granddaughters; one grandson; one great-granddaughter; a sister; and three brothers.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Bernice and Margaret.

Services were held in Springfield on Thursday, April 5.

(Source: Winona Post, Winona, Minnesota, 8 Apr 2001)
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Ruth married Willard Dale Miller in 1943. The marriage ended in divorce. (Willard Dale Miller was born about 1920 and died on an unknown date.)

Ruth next married David Neal Gilpin, son of David Woods Gilpin and Ollie Pauline Frihe, on 5 September 1951 in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States.⁷ (David Neal Gilpin was born on 26 July 1920 in Sangamon, Illinois, United States,^{7 8 9} died on 22 May 2001 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States ⁹ and was buried on 25 May 2001 in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Residence: 1720 West Isles, 2001, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.