Ruby Geneva Reeder ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Ruby was the first child to live into her adulthood. The previous 4 children of her parents all died in their infancy.
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  Burial Notes:

Plot: Sect D-2 Row 10

Find A Grave Memorial #114416579
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Red Oak Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 29, Household 77
Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ruby G. Reeder..Daughter..0..IA

(Living with parents.)

2. 1920 US Census, April 1920, Red Oak Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 33, Household 28
Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ruby G. Reeder..Daughter..10..IA

(Living with parents.)

3. 1930 US Census, April 1930, Red Oak Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁶ 1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 20, Household 78, Roll 647
Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ruby G. Reeder..Daughter..20..IA

(Living with parents.)

4. 1940 US Census, 2 May 1940, Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States. ² 1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 53-1, Household 82, Roll 1172
Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home rented, $9
Ruby G. Streets..Wife..30..Iowa..2 years college

(Living with husband and son.)

5. Obituary, After 25 July 2013, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ Funeral services for Ruby Geneva Streets, 103, of Rochester who died Thursday, July 25, 2013, will be held Monday, July 29, 2013 at 10:30 am at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Rev. Norman Anderson will be officiating. There will be a visitation at Fry Funeral Home on Sunday, July 28, 2013 from 2-4 PM. Burial will be at Tipton Masonic Cemetery. A general memorial fund has been established in memory of Ruby.

Ruby was born September 9, 1909 in rural Cedar County, Iowa to Frank Garfield and Mae Linn Reeder. She was a 1927 graduate of Tipton High School and 1930 graduate of Tipton Community Junior College. She taught school in Cedar County from 1930 - 1935. On February 23, 1935 she was united in marriage to Clarence Floyd Streets in Tipton. Ruby lived on a farm all of her life and was a devoted farm wife. She was later employed at the Cove Restaurant for approximately 30 years. Ruby was a member of the Rochester United Methodist Church, UMW, Rochester Homemakers, Grange, and the Rochester Kitchen Band.

Ruby is survived by her sons; Larry (Jeannie) Streets of West Branch, Iowa, Robert (Karen) Streets of Letts, Iowa, Russell (Frances) Streets of Morning Sun, Iowa; 7 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; and several step grandchildren, step great grandchildren and step great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, and daughter in law, Karen Streets.

(Source: Unknown newspaper, Jul 2013)
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Ruby married Clarence Floyd Streets, son of Ernest Floyd Streets and Sadie Jane Edwards, on 23 February 1935 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States.^{1 2} (Clarence Floyd Streets was born on 11 October 1911 in Iron Hill, Jackson, Iowa, United States,^{1 2 8 9} died on 2 July 1966 in Rochester Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States ^{8 9} and was buried after 2 July 1966 in Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1940 US Census, 2 May 1940, Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States. ² 1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 53-1, Household 82, Roll 1172
Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home rented, $9
Clarence F. Streets..Head..28..Iowa..6th grade..Farmer
Ruby G. Streets..Wife..30..Iowa..2 years college
Larry T. Streets..Son..0..Iowa
Nancy H. Napier..Lodger..23..Iowa