Ruth Evelyn Reighley ^{1 2}

   Cause of her death was Circulatory Failure.

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #1334]
OBERLIN COUPLE FETED ON 38TH ANNIVERSARY

A family gathering honored the 38th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Feakins, Oberlin Sunday. The event was held at the home of their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feakins, Vermilion. Some 28 guests attended including 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Currier and Family; Mrs. Dale Pike and children were guests from Elyria.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dudash, Mrs. Willard Hill and daughters, and Mrs. Robert Reese and daughter were from Amherst. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Feakins, Jr. and Family and Darrell Feakins of California were unable to attend. Refreshments, ice cream, cake and coffee were served.
Publication: unknown newspaper clipping
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  Death Notes:

Name: Ruth Feakins
Given Name: Ruth
Surname: Feakins
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Dec 1976
Event Place: Lorain, Ohio
Event Place (Original): Lorain, Ohio
Age: 81
Birth Date: 09 Dec 1895

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRJM-QPK : 4 December 2020), Ruth Feakins, Dec 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Her obituary was published in December 1976.

Mrs. Ruth Evelyn Feakins, 81, 101 Jeffery Place, Amherst, died yesterday at 3:35 PM at Allen memorial Hospital, Oberlin, after a long illness.

Mrs. Feakins was born in Brownhelm and had lived in Amherst 15 years. She was a member of East Oberlin church and was a Charter member of Veterans of Foreign Wars 451. Her husband Glenn, died July 15, 1970.

Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. Mildred Moore, Mrs. William (Roberta) Cooper and Mrs. June Pike, all of Amherst and Mrs. Gerald (Juanita) Currier, Elyria; four sons, Elsworth Highland, Wellington, Glenn Feakins, Buena Park, California, Herbert Feakins, Vermilion, and Darrell Feakins, Amherst; 29 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Virginia Gibson and Mrs. Lucille Campbell, both of Oberlin, and a brother, Hollis Reighley, Oberlin.

Friends will be received tomorrow and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the Bittner-DeCarlo Funeral Home. The funeral will be conducted Monday, definite arrangements to be announced.
Publication: unknown
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• She was buried on 20 December 1976 in the Evergreen Cemetery in South Amherst, OH.


Evergreen Cemetery, South Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery which is located on the south side of Route 113, 1/4 mile west of South Amherst Road and is well behind the church. Record found on page 41 in "Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain, Ohio", compiled by Genealogical Workshop of the Lorain County Historical Society, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, 1980.
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Ruth married Glenn Orlo Feakins, son of Joseph Henry Feakins and Lucinda Nancy Fast, on 15 March 1922.¹ (Glenn Orlo Feakins was born on 29 March 1893 in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH,^{1 3 4 5} died on 15 July 1970 in Amherst, OH ^{1 5} and was buried on 18 July 1970 in South Amherst, OH ¹.). The cause of his death was Acute Circulatory Failure.