Ruth M. McNemar was born January 2, 1900, the 2nd daughter of Albert S. J. McNemar and Nancy Belle Burgoyne McNemar. Her family migrated west to Cherokee County, Kansas from near Laurel Dale, West Virginia. Ruth had four brothers and three sisters.
The family farm was about two miles from the small town of Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas not too far from the boyhood home of Howard Nash. Ruth attended a one room rural school, Mt. Pisgah School. After completing the eight grades of common school, Ruth enrolled in “High School” located in Columbus, Kansas about 15 miles from her home. Daily travel by horse drawn vehicles was not feasible and she boarded with the Belt family. She majored in “Normal Training” preparing to teach in the rural “Common Schools”. She taught for two years at Melrose, Kansas and then married Howard Nash, April 4, 1921.
They moved to a farm owned by Ira M. Landrith, north of the small town of Bartlett, Kansas. Together they had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood: Dorothy (1922-1922), Donald (1923-2012), Martha (1926-2016), Wayne (b. 1928) and Delores Kay (b. 1938).
Life consisted of hard work running a farm and raising a family. Howard and Ruth made a good life for their four children through the difficult years of the depression. They were married 67 years prior to Howard’s death.
After living on Howard’s parents farm from 1938-1947 and farming that 160 acres plus 80 acres of the Joe O’Brien farm nearby, they moved to Chetopa, Kansas in 1947. In 1984 they moved to Columbus, Kansas where they lived out their years in a home near the hospital. Howard passed away in 1988 and Ruth three years later in 1991. They are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherokee County, Kansas.
The Following is Ruth's obituary as it appeared in the newspaper at the time of her death:
RUTH M. NASH
Columbus - Ruth M. Nash 91, of Columbus died at 6:45 A.M. Monday, Oct. 7, 1991 at Maude Norton Memorial Hospital, Columbus.
She was born Jan. 2, 1900, near Melrose to Albert and Nancy (Burgoyne) McNemar. She attended school at MT. Pisgah rural School and graduated from Columbus High School. She taught school at Melrose for two years.
She was married to Howard Nash on April 4, 1921, at Melrose. They lived and farmed in the Melrose and Faulkner area until 1947. They then moved to Chetopa, where they lived until moving to Columbus in 1984 because of ill health. Mr. Nash died Oct. 26, 1988.
She was a member of the Chetopa United Methodist Church and was active in quilting clubs in the Chetopa area.
Survivors include: two sons, Donald of Topeka and Wayne of Arcadia, CA; two daughters, Martha Wallace of Bountiful, Utah, and Kay Belknap of Bronson; two sisters, Virginia Lichtenwalter of Austin, Texas and Margaret DeHart of Columbus; a brother, Clarence "Dick" McNemar of rural Columbus; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Dorothy, three brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
The service will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Melrose Methodist Church with the Rev. David Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery east of Chetopa.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at the Murdock Funeral Home of Columbus.
(This biographical information was provided by Howard’s sons, Wayne and Donald Nash)
The family farm was about two miles from the small town of Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas not too far from the boyhood home of Howard Nash. Ruth attended a one room rural school, Mt. Pisgah School. After completing the eight grades of common school, Ruth enrolled in “High School” located in Columbus, Kansas about 15 miles from her home. Daily travel by horse drawn vehicles was not feasible and she boarded with the Belt family. She majored in “Normal Training” preparing to teach in the rural “Common Schools”. She taught for two years at Melrose, Kansas and then married Howard Nash, April 4, 1921.
They moved to a farm owned by Ira M. Landrith, north of the small town of Bartlett, Kansas. Together they had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood: Dorothy (1922-1922), Donald (1923-2012), Martha (1926-2016), Wayne (b. 1928) and Delores Kay (b. 1938).
Life consisted of hard work running a farm and raising a family. Howard and Ruth made a good life for their four children through the difficult years of the depression. They were married 67 years prior to Howard’s death.
After living on Howard’s parents farm from 1938-1947 and farming that 160 acres plus 80 acres of the Joe O’Brien farm nearby, they moved to Chetopa, Kansas in 1947. In 1984 they moved to Columbus, Kansas where they lived out their years in a home near the hospital. Howard passed away in 1988 and Ruth three years later in 1991. They are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherokee County, Kansas.
The Following is Ruth's obituary as it appeared in the newspaper at the time of her death:
RUTH M. NASH
Columbus - Ruth M. Nash 91, of Columbus died at 6:45 A.M. Monday, Oct. 7, 1991 at Maude Norton Memorial Hospital, Columbus.
She was born Jan. 2, 1900, near Melrose to Albert and Nancy (Burgoyne) McNemar. She attended school at MT. Pisgah rural School and graduated from Columbus High School. She taught school at Melrose for two years.
She was married to Howard Nash on April 4, 1921, at Melrose. They lived and farmed in the Melrose and Faulkner area until 1947. They then moved to Chetopa, where they lived until moving to Columbus in 1984 because of ill health. Mr. Nash died Oct. 26, 1988.
She was a member of the Chetopa United Methodist Church and was active in quilting clubs in the Chetopa area.
Survivors include: two sons, Donald of Topeka and Wayne of Arcadia, CA; two daughters, Martha Wallace of Bountiful, Utah, and Kay Belknap of Bronson; two sisters, Virginia Lichtenwalter of Austin, Texas and Margaret DeHart of Columbus; a brother, Clarence "Dick" McNemar of rural Columbus; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Dorothy, three brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
The service will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Melrose Methodist Church with the Rev. David Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery east of Chetopa.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at the Murdock Funeral Home of Columbus.
(This biographical information was provided by Howard’s sons, Wayne and Donald Nash)
Ruth M. McNemar was born January 2, 1900, the 2nd daughter of Albert S. J. McNemar and Nancy Belle Burgoyne McNemar. Her family migrated west to Cherokee County, Kansas from near Laurel Dale, West Virginia. Ruth had four brothers and three sisters.
The family farm was about two miles from the small town of Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas not too far from the boyhood home of Howard Nash. Ruth attended a one room rural school, Mt. Pisgah School. After completing the eight grades of common school, Ruth enrolled in “High School” located in Columbus, Kansas about 15 miles from her home. Daily travel by horse drawn vehicles was not feasible and she boarded with the Belt family. She majored in “Normal Training” preparing to teach in the rural “Common Schools”. She taught for two years at Melrose, Kansas and then married Howard Nash, April 4, 1921.
They moved to a farm owned by Ira M. Landrith, north of the small town of Bartlett, Kansas. Together they had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood: Dorothy (1922-1922), Donald (1923-2012), Martha (1926-2016), Wayne (b. 1928) and Delores Kay (b. 1938).
Life consisted of hard work running a farm and raising a family. Howard and Ruth made a good life for their four children through the difficult years of the depression. They were married 67 years prior to Howard’s death.
After living on Howard’s parents farm from 1938-1947 and farming that 160 acres plus 80 acres of the Joe O’Brien farm nearby, they moved to Chetopa, Kansas in 1947. In 1984 they moved to Columbus, Kansas where they lived out their years in a home near the hospital. Howard passed away in 1988 and Ruth three years later in 1991. They are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherokee County, Kansas.
The Following is Ruth's obituary as it appeared in the newspaper at the time of her death:
RUTH M. NASH
Columbus - Ruth M. Nash 91, of Columbus died at 6:45 A.M. Monday, Oct. 7, 1991 at Maude Norton Memorial Hospital, Columbus.
She was born Jan. 2, 1900, near Melrose to Albert and Nancy (Burgoyne) McNemar. She attended school at MT. Pisgah rural School and graduated from Columbus High School. She taught school at Melrose for two years.
She was married to Howard Nash on April 4, 1921, at Melrose. They lived and farmed in the Melrose and Faulkner area until 1947. They then moved to Chetopa, where they lived until moving to Columbus in 1984 because of ill health. Mr. Nash died Oct. 26, 1988.
She was a member of the Chetopa United Methodist Church and was active in quilting clubs in the Chetopa area.
Survivors include: two sons, Donald of Topeka and Wayne of Arcadia, CA; two daughters, Martha Wallace of Bountiful, Utah, and Kay Belknap of Bronson; two sisters, Virginia Lichtenwalter of Austin, Texas and Margaret DeHart of Columbus; a brother, Clarence "Dick" McNemar of rural Columbus; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Dorothy, three brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
The service will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Melrose Methodist Church with the Rev. David Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery east of Chetopa.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at the Murdock Funeral Home of Columbus.
(This biographical information was provided by Howard’s sons, Wayne and Donald Nash)
The family farm was about two miles from the small town of Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas not too far from the boyhood home of Howard Nash. Ruth attended a one room rural school, Mt. Pisgah School. After completing the eight grades of common school, Ruth enrolled in “High School” located in Columbus, Kansas about 15 miles from her home. Daily travel by horse drawn vehicles was not feasible and she boarded with the Belt family. She majored in “Normal Training” preparing to teach in the rural “Common Schools”. She taught for two years at Melrose, Kansas and then married Howard Nash, April 4, 1921.
They moved to a farm owned by Ira M. Landrith, north of the small town of Bartlett, Kansas. Together they had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood: Dorothy (1922-1922), Donald (1923-2012), Martha (1926-2016), Wayne (b. 1928) and Delores Kay (b. 1938).
Life consisted of hard work running a farm and raising a family. Howard and Ruth made a good life for their four children through the difficult years of the depression. They were married 67 years prior to Howard’s death.
After living on Howard’s parents farm from 1938-1947 and farming that 160 acres plus 80 acres of the Joe O’Brien farm nearby, they moved to Chetopa, Kansas in 1947. In 1984 they moved to Columbus, Kansas where they lived out their years in a home near the hospital. Howard passed away in 1988 and Ruth three years later in 1991. They are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Cherokee County, Kansas.
The Following is Ruth's obituary as it appeared in the newspaper at the time of her death:
RUTH M. NASH
Columbus - Ruth M. Nash 91, of Columbus died at 6:45 A.M. Monday, Oct. 7, 1991 at Maude Norton Memorial Hospital, Columbus.
She was born Jan. 2, 1900, near Melrose to Albert and Nancy (Burgoyne) McNemar. She attended school at MT. Pisgah rural School and graduated from Columbus High School. She taught school at Melrose for two years.
She was married to Howard Nash on April 4, 1921, at Melrose. They lived and farmed in the Melrose and Faulkner area until 1947. They then moved to Chetopa, where they lived until moving to Columbus in 1984 because of ill health. Mr. Nash died Oct. 26, 1988.
She was a member of the Chetopa United Methodist Church and was active in quilting clubs in the Chetopa area.
Survivors include: two sons, Donald of Topeka and Wayne of Arcadia, CA; two daughters, Martha Wallace of Bountiful, Utah, and Kay Belknap of Bronson; two sisters, Virginia Lichtenwalter of Austin, Texas and Margaret DeHart of Columbus; a brother, Clarence "Dick" McNemar of rural Columbus; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Dorothy, three brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
The service will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Melrose Methodist Church with the Rev. David Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery east of Chetopa.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at the Murdock Funeral Home of Columbus.
(This biographical information was provided by Howard’s sons, Wayne and Donald Nash)
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