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Ruth LaVerne <I>Agee</I> Tatom

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Ruth LaVerne Agee Tatom

Birth
Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Death
20 Dec 2006 (aged 88)
McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Burial
McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, December 23, 2006

Memorial services for Ruth LaVerne Tatom of McMinnville will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the Nazarene Church on the Hill. The Revs. Lon Eckdahl and John Hicks will be officiating.

Private family interment will be conducted at the McMinnville Masonic Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Macy & Son Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Tatom died at Life Care Center of McMinnville on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. She was 88.

Born in Gopher Valley on March 5, 1918, she was the daughter of Charles Nelson and Mildred Margaret (Post) Agee. After growing up in Gopher Valley, she graduated from Sheridan High School.

She married Randall Clay Tatom on June 25, 1937, in Vancouver, Wash. They settled in Sheridan initially, then McMinnville.

Except for two years in Port Angeles, Wash., from 1950-52, and three years in Grants Pass, from 1961-1964, they made McMinnville their home the rest of their lives. Prior to his death, she and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1987.

Mrs. Tatom was an active volunteer at the Nazarene Church. She worked in the daycare program and provided transportation for many.

Her family said she was well known for gifts to her church and family.

She is survived by three daughters, Linda Peterson and Ardelle Ellison of McMinnville and Karen Smith of Portland; a brother, John Agee of Prineville; a sister, Betty Schmitz of Stayton; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond, Melvin and Norman Agee, and a sister, Millie Agee.

Contributions may be made to the Nazarene Church on the Hill, care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, December 23, 2006

Memorial services for Ruth LaVerne Tatom of McMinnville will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the Nazarene Church on the Hill. The Revs. Lon Eckdahl and John Hicks will be officiating.

Private family interment will be conducted at the McMinnville Masonic Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Macy & Son Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Tatom died at Life Care Center of McMinnville on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. She was 88.

Born in Gopher Valley on March 5, 1918, she was the daughter of Charles Nelson and Mildred Margaret (Post) Agee. After growing up in Gopher Valley, she graduated from Sheridan High School.

She married Randall Clay Tatom on June 25, 1937, in Vancouver, Wash. They settled in Sheridan initially, then McMinnville.

Except for two years in Port Angeles, Wash., from 1950-52, and three years in Grants Pass, from 1961-1964, they made McMinnville their home the rest of their lives. Prior to his death, she and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1987.

Mrs. Tatom was an active volunteer at the Nazarene Church. She worked in the daycare program and provided transportation for many.

Her family said she was well known for gifts to her church and family.

She is survived by three daughters, Linda Peterson and Ardelle Ellison of McMinnville and Karen Smith of Portland; a brother, John Agee of Prineville; a sister, Betty Schmitz of Stayton; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond, Melvin and Norman Agee, and a sister, Millie Agee.

Contributions may be made to the Nazarene Church on the Hill, care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.


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