Ruth Lillian “Lil” Glassbrook Strayer

Birth: 15 Jul 1882
Meridian, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
Death: 14 Dec 1958 (aged 76)
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
Burial: Glendale Cemetery

Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section 2, Block 20, Lot 2
Memorial ID: 36118328 View Source

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Her name at death was Ruth L. Loepke, but Findagrave conventions say to name the page with the name on the stone, so: See Ruth Strayer.

Family Members

Parents

John Henry Glassbrook

1840–1912
Philena Alice "Fannie" Cornell Ordiway

1858–1928

Spouses

George Adam Strayer

1879–1941 (m. 1900)
Frederick Loepke

1883–1966 (m. 1941)

Siblings

George H. Glassbrook

1876–1953
Maude M Glassbrook Cole

1877–1935
Bertha B. Glassbrook Willetts

1878–1964
Edith May Glassbrook Fairlie

1880–1957
Philena "Lena" Glassbrook Loomis

1884–1956
Mabel Glassbrook Burgess

1890–1973
Hazel Glassbrook Wetherbee

1891–1919
Hannah Augusta "Gustee" Glassbrook Reed

1894–1968
Gladys Marie Glassbrook Roller

1896–1934

Half Siblings

Susan J. Glassbrook

1868–1868

Children

Mildred Inez Strayer Morse

1902–1994
Bessie Marie Strayer Stair

1906–1974

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36118328/ruth_lillian-strayer: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Lillian “Lil” Glassbrook Strayer (15 Jul 1882–14 Dec 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36118328, citing Glendale Cemetery, Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Cemetery Haunter (contributor 46558417).

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This is Ruth Lillian Glassbrook-Strayer-Leopke. Ruth married Frederick Leopke after George A. Strayer died in 1941. They had been married since 11 June 1900. Ruth Lillian or Lil as my gr-grandfather use to call her, is the daughter of John Henry Glassbrook and Fannie Cornell.
May they always rest in Heavenly peace.
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Date of Photo: April 28, 2009

The Strayer Family Monument is located in Section 2, Block 20, Lot 2. The following headstones are near the monument:

Katherine Strayer, 1886 - 1917
"Mother"
(Grave E1)

Floyd W. Strayer, 1883 - 1960
"Father"
(Grave E2, Burial Date 7/19/1960)

John H. Strayer, 1881 - 1949
(Grave E5, Burial Date 2/15/1949)

Lillian Ruth Strayer, 1882 - 1958

George A. Strayer, 1879 - 1941
(Grave W1, Burial Date 8/30/1941)

Bessie Strayer, Only Dau. of A. J. & A. M. Strayer,
Born Jan. 16, 1888 - Died Dec. 23, 1900
(Grave W3, Burial Date 1900)

Alice Strayer (no individual headstone)
(Grave W4, Burial Date 4/22/1935)

Adam Strayer (no individual headstone)
(Grave W5, Burial Date 9/28/1928)

Wilva A. Lundberg, 1909 - 1996
"Together Forever"
Gustaf E. Lundberg, 1909 - 1993
(Grave E4 & E3, Burial Date for Wilva is 11/1/1996. Burial Date for Gustaf is 4/17/1993)

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Date of Photo: April 17, 2009

The following headstones are located in the same plot, Section 2, Block 20, Lot 2:

Katherine Strayer, 1886 - 1917
"Mother"
(Grave E1)

Floyd W. Strayer, 1883 - 1960
"Father"
(Grave E2, Burial Date 7/19/1960)

John H. Strayer, 1881 - 1949
(Grave E5, Burial Date 2/15/1949)

Lillian Ruth Strayer, 1882 - 1958

George A. Strayer, 1879 - 1941
(Grave W1, Burial Date 8/30/1941)

Bessie Strayer
(Grave W3, Burial Date 1900)

Alice Strayer
(Grave W4, Burial Date 4/22/1935)

Adam Strayer
(Grave W5, Burial Date 9/28/1928)

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Published in the Midland Daily News newspaper in August 1957.

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John Henry Glassbrook

Philena Alice "Fannie" Cornell Ordiway

George Adam Strayer

Frederick Loepke

George H. Glassbrook

Maude M Glassbrook Cole

Bertha B. Glassbrook Willetts

Edith May Glassbrook Fairlie

Philena "Lena" Glassbrook Loomis

Mabel Glassbrook Burgess

Hazel Glassbrook Wetherbee

Hannah Augusta "Gustee" Glassbrook Reed

Gladys Marie Glassbrook Roller

Susan J. Glassbrook

Mildred Inez Strayer Morse

Bessie Marie Strayer Stair

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