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Ruth Melissa <I>Wright</I> Todd

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Ruth Melissa Wright Todd

Birth
Wasatch County, Utah, USA
Death
28 Jan 1999 (aged 80)
Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Ruth Melissa Wright Todd, 80, died January 28, 1999 in Evanston, Wyoming.

Born Sept. 10, 1918 in Rock Creek, Wasatch County to John E. and Phoebe Lucy Casper Wright.

She graduated from Wasatch High School in 1936 and in 1938 she was Miss Wasatch.

Married Donald J. Todd May 8, 1940 in Charleston, Utah. Later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Active member of the LDS Church. Worked on Heber Main Street for over 50 years, including 24 years at J.C. Penney and various other businesses. Avid sports fan of the Wasatch Wasps and Utah Jazz.

Survived by her husband. A daughter Dawna Rae (Ralph) Page, Evanston, WY; son Thomas Joe (Marcia) Todd, Wellsville, UT. 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Two sisters Lucy Crump, Riverton, UT; and Mabel Payne, Woodburn, OR.

Preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and two grandsons.

Funeral services will be held Monday February 1, 1999 at 12 noon in the Heber 3rd Ward (240 E. 400 S.). Friends may call at Olpin-Hoopes Funeral Home Sunday 5-7 p.m. and Monday at the church 10:45-11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Heber City Cemetery.

Deseret News, January 29, 1999, Page B6
Ruth Melissa Wright Todd, 80, died January 28, 1999 in Evanston, Wyoming.

Born Sept. 10, 1918 in Rock Creek, Wasatch County to John E. and Phoebe Lucy Casper Wright.

She graduated from Wasatch High School in 1936 and in 1938 she was Miss Wasatch.

Married Donald J. Todd May 8, 1940 in Charleston, Utah. Later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Active member of the LDS Church. Worked on Heber Main Street for over 50 years, including 24 years at J.C. Penney and various other businesses. Avid sports fan of the Wasatch Wasps and Utah Jazz.

Survived by her husband. A daughter Dawna Rae (Ralph) Page, Evanston, WY; son Thomas Joe (Marcia) Todd, Wellsville, UT. 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Two sisters Lucy Crump, Riverton, UT; and Mabel Payne, Woodburn, OR.

Preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and two grandsons.

Funeral services will be held Monday February 1, 1999 at 12 noon in the Heber 3rd Ward (240 E. 400 S.). Friends may call at Olpin-Hoopes Funeral Home Sunday 5-7 p.m. and Monday at the church 10:45-11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Heber City Cemetery.

Deseret News, January 29, 1999, Page B6


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