Edna Harper Rudd, 101, a Ravenna resident since 1908, died Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at Longmeadow Care Center in Ravenna.
Born Nov. 25, 1896 in Cleveland, she was the daughter of John and Rosella (McGowan) Calvin.
While attending Ravenna High School she worked for the telephone office, located in Main Street's historical district. She left high school to attend the Actual Business College in Akron and became a legal secretary, working for the Beatty & Heisler law firm in Ravenna.
While working for Beatty & Heisler, she met her future husband, Robert Harper, who owned Harper Bros., a clothing store on Main Street. They married in 1924. After his death in 1948, she sold the clothing store.
Survivors include her daughters, Roberta Bower of Ravenna and Dorothy Parnaby Heller of Florida.; three grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. Hersecond husband, Frank H. Rudd, whom she married in 1961, died in 1972. Her sisters, Ethel and Mary Calvin, and one grandson died previously.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. until services at 3 p.m. Sunday at Wood-Kortright Funeral Home, Ravenna Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Russell Goldner will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna.
Born Nov. 25, 1896 in Cleveland, she was the daughter of John and Rosella (McGowan) Calvin.
While attending Ravenna High School she worked for the telephone office, located in Main Street's historical district. She left high school to attend the Actual Business College in Akron and became a legal secretary, working for the Beatty & Heisler law firm in Ravenna.
While working for Beatty & Heisler, she met her future husband, Robert Harper, who owned Harper Bros., a clothing store on Main Street. They married in 1924. After his death in 1948, she sold the clothing store.
Survivors include her daughters, Roberta Bower of Ravenna and Dorothy Parnaby Heller of Florida.; three grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. Hersecond husband, Frank H. Rudd, whom she married in 1961, died in 1972. Her sisters, Ethel and Mary Calvin, and one grandson died previously.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. until services at 3 p.m. Sunday at Wood-Kortright Funeral Home, Ravenna Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Russell Goldner will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna.
Edna Harper Rudd, 101, a Ravenna resident since 1908, died Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at Longmeadow Care Center in Ravenna.
Born Nov. 25, 1896 in Cleveland, she was the daughter of John and Rosella (McGowan) Calvin.
While attending Ravenna High School she worked for the telephone office, located in Main Street's historical district. She left high school to attend the Actual Business College in Akron and became a legal secretary, working for the Beatty & Heisler law firm in Ravenna.
While working for Beatty & Heisler, she met her future husband, Robert Harper, who owned Harper Bros., a clothing store on Main Street. They married in 1924. After his death in 1948, she sold the clothing store.
Survivors include her daughters, Roberta Bower of Ravenna and Dorothy Parnaby Heller of Florida.; three grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. Hersecond husband, Frank H. Rudd, whom she married in 1961, died in 1972. Her sisters, Ethel and Mary Calvin, and one grandson died previously.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. until services at 3 p.m. Sunday at Wood-Kortright Funeral Home, Ravenna Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Russell Goldner will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna.
Born Nov. 25, 1896 in Cleveland, she was the daughter of John and Rosella (McGowan) Calvin.
While attending Ravenna High School she worked for the telephone office, located in Main Street's historical district. She left high school to attend the Actual Business College in Akron and became a legal secretary, working for the Beatty & Heisler law firm in Ravenna.
While working for Beatty & Heisler, she met her future husband, Robert Harper, who owned Harper Bros., a clothing store on Main Street. They married in 1924. After his death in 1948, she sold the clothing store.
Survivors include her daughters, Roberta Bower of Ravenna and Dorothy Parnaby Heller of Florida.; three grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. Hersecond husband, Frank H. Rudd, whom she married in 1961, died in 1972. Her sisters, Ethel and Mary Calvin, and one grandson died previously.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. until services at 3 p.m. Sunday at Wood-Kortright Funeral Home, Ravenna Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Russell Goldner will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna.
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