MANHATTAN --- Ruby Nell Snow Bullard Douglas, 85, formerly of Manhattan, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999, in Roseville, Calif.
Mrs. Douglas worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in St. Louis, and she earlier had worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, then the War Departments Army Engineers Offices in San Francisco. She was house mother at Alpha Chi Omega sorority in Manhattan in 1981 and 1982.
She was born Jan. 27, 1914, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., the daughter of Clarence Lester and Alpha Bradley Farmer Snow. She moved to California from Manhattan in 1990.
Mrs. Douglas was a former member and president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Women's Club, the Women's Traffic Club of St. Louis, Unit No. 500 of the American Legion Auxiliary and St. Louis Business and Professional Women's Club, through which she was able to meet former President Harry Truman. She was director of the board of Religious Organizations. She was a member of the St. Louis League of Women Voters and the National Federation of Professional Women's Club.
She was chairman of the Group Action Council of St. Louis in 1957 and represented the mayor of St. Louis at the International Convention of Business and Professional Women in Manheim, Germany, and was a delegate to the White House Conference on Education in the 1970s. She later became involved in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She later was a volunteer at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, and junior warden and chairman of the Encore Shop at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Oxley Douglas.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Margaret Bullard Borum, Granite Bay, Calif.; three granddaughters; and three great-grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Altar Guild at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and sent in care of Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Mrs. Douglas worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in St. Louis, and she earlier had worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, then the War Departments Army Engineers Offices in San Francisco. She was house mother at Alpha Chi Omega sorority in Manhattan in 1981 and 1982.
She was born Jan. 27, 1914, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., the daughter of Clarence Lester and Alpha Bradley Farmer Snow. She moved to California from Manhattan in 1990.
Mrs. Douglas was a former member and president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Women's Club, the Women's Traffic Club of St. Louis, Unit No. 500 of the American Legion Auxiliary and St. Louis Business and Professional Women's Club, through which she was able to meet former President Harry Truman. She was director of the board of Religious Organizations. She was a member of the St. Louis League of Women Voters and the National Federation of Professional Women's Club.
She was chairman of the Group Action Council of St. Louis in 1957 and represented the mayor of St. Louis at the International Convention of Business and Professional Women in Manheim, Germany, and was a delegate to the White House Conference on Education in the 1970s. She later became involved in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She later was a volunteer at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, and junior warden and chairman of the Encore Shop at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Oxley Douglas.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Margaret Bullard Borum, Granite Bay, Calif.; three granddaughters; and three great-grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Altar Guild at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and sent in care of Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan.
MANHATTAN --- Ruby Nell Snow Bullard Douglas, 85, formerly of Manhattan, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999, in Roseville, Calif.
Mrs. Douglas worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in St. Louis, and she earlier had worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, then the War Departments Army Engineers Offices in San Francisco. She was house mother at Alpha Chi Omega sorority in Manhattan in 1981 and 1982.
She was born Jan. 27, 1914, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., the daughter of Clarence Lester and Alpha Bradley Farmer Snow. She moved to California from Manhattan in 1990.
Mrs. Douglas was a former member and president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Women's Club, the Women's Traffic Club of St. Louis, Unit No. 500 of the American Legion Auxiliary and St. Louis Business and Professional Women's Club, through which she was able to meet former President Harry Truman. She was director of the board of Religious Organizations. She was a member of the St. Louis League of Women Voters and the National Federation of Professional Women's Club.
She was chairman of the Group Action Council of St. Louis in 1957 and represented the mayor of St. Louis at the International Convention of Business and Professional Women in Manheim, Germany, and was a delegate to the White House Conference on Education in the 1970s. She later became involved in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She later was a volunteer at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, and junior warden and chairman of the Encore Shop at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Oxley Douglas.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Margaret Bullard Borum, Granite Bay, Calif.; three granddaughters; and three great-grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Altar Guild at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and sent in care of Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan.
Mrs. Douglas worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in St. Louis, and she earlier had worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, then the War Departments Army Engineers Offices in San Francisco. She was house mother at Alpha Chi Omega sorority in Manhattan in 1981 and 1982.
She was born Jan. 27, 1914, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., the daughter of Clarence Lester and Alpha Bradley Farmer Snow. She moved to California from Manhattan in 1990.
Mrs. Douglas was a former member and president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Women's Club, the Women's Traffic Club of St. Louis, Unit No. 500 of the American Legion Auxiliary and St. Louis Business and Professional Women's Club, through which she was able to meet former President Harry Truman. She was director of the board of Religious Organizations. She was a member of the St. Louis League of Women Voters and the National Federation of Professional Women's Club.
She was chairman of the Group Action Council of St. Louis in 1957 and represented the mayor of St. Louis at the International Convention of Business and Professional Women in Manheim, Germany, and was a delegate to the White House Conference on Education in the 1970s. She later became involved in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She later was a volunteer at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, and junior warden and chairman of the Encore Shop at the church.
Mrs. Douglas was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Oxley Douglas.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Margaret Bullard Borum, Granite Bay, Calif.; three granddaughters; and three great-grandsons.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
Burial will be in Sunrise Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Altar Guild at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and sent in care of Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan.
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