Ruth Marie Drugan ^{3 4 5 6 7}

  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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  Noted events in her life were:

• She worked as a Housewife. ^{1 3}

• She has alternate birth date of 13 September 1922 and a birth location of Winona, MN.

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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Winona, MN on 14 April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 29, Dwelling 326, Family 355, Roll 1135
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
552 West 4th Street; Rent $25
Ruth Drugan..Daughter..8..MN
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Winona, MN on 9 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 1969, District 85-30A, Family 170
Winona, Winona County, 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.)
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• Photo: 1946, Winona, MN.

• 1950 US Census: 10 April 1950, in Winona, MN. ⁶ District 85-37, Family 113, Page 12,13
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)
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• Photo: July 1963, Rockford, IL.

• Her obituary was published in the State Journal-Register on 4 April 2001 in Springfield, IL.

⁷ 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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• She was buried on 5 April 2001 in the Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, IL.

Plot: Crem C-594
Find A Grave Memorial #73250893
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• Her obituary was published in the Winona Post on 8 April 2001 in Winona, MN.

⁷ 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 1943.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Willard Dale Miller was born about 1920 and died on an unknown date.)

Ruth next married David Neil Gilpin, son of David Woods Gilpin and Ollie Pauline Frihe, on 5 September 1951 in Petersburg, IL.^{1 3} (David Neil Gilpin was born on 26 July 1920 in , Sangamon County, IL,^{1 3 8 9} died on 22 May 2001 in Springfield, IL ^{1 9} and was buried on 25 May 2001 in Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, IL ^{1 9}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided at 1720 West Isles in 2001 in Springfield, IL.