Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, July 21, 2006
Ruth Fox, 78, of Baker City, died July 11, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
There will be a celebration of her life and memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday at the Elkhorn Baptist Church, 3520 Birch St. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the service. Ruth will be interred with her parents at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland.
Ruthella was born on April 10, 1928, to Alexander Ellis Simonis and Suzie Payne Simonis in the old St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. She attended Sunnyside Elementary School (a two-room schoolhouse) and Eagle Valley High School at Richland.
After high school, she married Paul T. Boyd of Kingsport, Tenn., at Weiser, Idaho, on July 28, 1946. They lived in Eagle Valley for three years before moving to Los Angeles in 1949. Ruth lived in Southern California for 37 years.
She married Don Fox at Ventura, Calif., on June 7, 1972. They moved to Baker City in 1980. They retired and enjoyed gardening and cultivating their raspberry patch. Her pride and joy was her grape arbor.
Ruth was a member of the Baker County Mounted Posse for seven years and enjoyed every moment of it.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul and Don; a son, David, who died in April of 2006; a sister, Lois Bateman; and brothers, Harlan, Arthur and Harold.
Memorial contributions may be made to help defray her funeral expenses through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834.
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Ruth Fox, 78, of Baker City, died July 11, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
There will be a celebration of her life and memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday at the Elkhorn Baptist Church, 3520 Birch St. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the service. Ruth will be interred with her parents at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland.
Ruthella was born on April 10, 1928, to Alexander Ellis Simonis and Suzie Payne Simonis in the old St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. She attended Sunnyside Elementary School (a two-room schoolhouse) and Eagle Valley High School at Richland.
After high school, she married Paul T. Boyd of Kingsport, Tenn., at Weiser, Idaho, on July 28, 1946. They lived in Eagle Valley for three years before moving to Los Angeles in 1949. Ruth lived in Southern California for 37 years.
She married Don Fox at Ventura, Calif., on June 7, 1972. They moved to Baker City in 1980. They retired and enjoyed gardening and cultivating their raspberry patch. Her pride and joy was her grape arbor.
Ruth was a member of the Baker County Mounted Posse for seven years and enjoyed every moment of it.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul and Don; a son, David, who died in April of 2006; a sister, Lois Bateman; and brothers, Harlan, Arthur and Harold.
Memorial contributions may be made to help defray her funeral expenses through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834.
Posted with newspaper permission - Belva (#48528925)
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Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, July 21, 2006
Ruth Fox, 78, of Baker City, died July 11, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
There will be a celebration of her life and memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday at the Elkhorn Baptist Church, 3520 Birch St. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the service. Ruth will be interred with her parents at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland.
Ruthella was born on April 10, 1928, to Alexander Ellis Simonis and Suzie Payne Simonis in the old St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. She attended Sunnyside Elementary School (a two-room schoolhouse) and Eagle Valley High School at Richland.
After high school, she married Paul T. Boyd of Kingsport, Tenn., at Weiser, Idaho, on July 28, 1946. They lived in Eagle Valley for three years before moving to Los Angeles in 1949. Ruth lived in Southern California for 37 years.
She married Don Fox at Ventura, Calif., on June 7, 1972. They moved to Baker City in 1980. They retired and enjoyed gardening and cultivating their raspberry patch. Her pride and joy was her grape arbor.
Ruth was a member of the Baker County Mounted Posse for seven years and enjoyed every moment of it.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul and Don; a son, David, who died in April of 2006; a sister, Lois Bateman; and brothers, Harlan, Arthur and Harold.
Memorial contributions may be made to help defray her funeral expenses through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834.
Posted with newspaper permission - Belva (#48528925)
(Names of the living have been removed from this obituary)ch
Ruth Fox, 78, of Baker City, died July 11, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
There will be a celebration of her life and memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday at the Elkhorn Baptist Church, 3520 Birch St. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the service. Ruth will be interred with her parents at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland.
Ruthella was born on April 10, 1928, to Alexander Ellis Simonis and Suzie Payne Simonis in the old St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. She attended Sunnyside Elementary School (a two-room schoolhouse) and Eagle Valley High School at Richland.
After high school, she married Paul T. Boyd of Kingsport, Tenn., at Weiser, Idaho, on July 28, 1946. They lived in Eagle Valley for three years before moving to Los Angeles in 1949. Ruth lived in Southern California for 37 years.
She married Don Fox at Ventura, Calif., on June 7, 1972. They moved to Baker City in 1980. They retired and enjoyed gardening and cultivating their raspberry patch. Her pride and joy was her grape arbor.
Ruth was a member of the Baker County Mounted Posse for seven years and enjoyed every moment of it.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul and Don; a son, David, who died in April of 2006; a sister, Lois Bateman; and brothers, Harlan, Arthur and Harold.
Memorial contributions may be made to help defray her funeral expenses through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834.
Posted with newspaper permission - Belva (#48528925)
(Names of the living have been removed from this obituary)ch
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