Mother is: Lois Elaine Watson Ford Rutledge Knuth, born 10 Aug 1933 in McCook NE.
[I don't know how much of this transcription would be of interest to you.]:
Trails West to Red Willow County Nebraska: Past and Present Family History and Biography by Robert T. Ray and Lois Rutledge – January 1, 1982
https://www.maykoski.com/TrailsWest.html
http://www.maykoski.com/RedWillow/QR.pdf
Pages 206-207
Wife of ERNEST A. RUTLEDGE
LOIS ELAINE WATSON was born August 10, 1933 to Harold Kenneth Watson and Edna Mae Whitten at the Whitten homestead in Saunders County, Nebraska.
Lois grew up in Cambridge where her parents operated a hatchery for 18 years. She graduated from the McCook High School in 1952 and furthered her education at Parks School of Business in Denver, Colorado.
Lois married Fred Ford who was in the Korean War. They were the parents of one daughter, Cheryl Lynne, who died in Denver Colorado on June 28, 1954. She was buried in the Brighton Cemetery and later brought to the Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook.
Lois married Ernest Arthur Rutledge on January 2, 1953 in Denver, Colorado. Two daughters, Merrilee Dawn and Gloria Ann were born there. After Mr. Rutledge had been transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah, a son, Ernest Craig, was born.
Their son, Craig, was killed in an auto accident in 1972 and is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery.
Merrilee married Stephen LeRoy Sissel on November 30, 1974, at McCook, after attending the Nebraska University for two years. They are living in Lincoln, where Steve is an engineer for the City of Lincoln. They are the parents of a son, Eric LeRoy.
Gloria moved to Lansing, Michigan after a year at Nebraska University, where she worked as a Certified Dental Assistant for a time and then married Clifford Jerome Thelen, in Lansing on March 3, 1979. They have a dairy farm at Fowler, Michigan. Gloria and Cliff are the parents of one son, Brett Jerome.
Lois returned to the employment world in 1960 first as Clerk of the County Court. In the 16 years of her employment she worked as secretary and bookkeeper in several places of business in McCook.
She has been an active person both in civic organizations and the Methodist Church. In the Church she has been a Sunday School teacher, superintendent of the Primary Sunday School Department and has sung in the choir. She has served as president of the local Business and Professional Women's Club, an officer in the Does, is a Past Matron of Eastern Star and still holds an office, is an officer in the Naamah Temple #108, Daughters of the Nile in Hastings.
Lois is interested in genealogy and is editor and publisher of the local Genealogical Society's newsletter, "Ancestors Unlimited". Her interest in this line is what has prompted her present assistance in the publication of this book.
She has been known for her sewing arts in both clothes for her family and in the crafts, as she makes many things for her home, family and especially her grandchildren as well as the things she makes to support the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospitals.
Transcribed by Lois' third cousin, Phyllis Jean Bryant (nee Francies) on Saturday, May 22, 2021
[I don't know how much of this transcription would be of interest to you.]:
Trails West to Red Willow County Nebraska: Past and Present Family History and Biography by Robert T. Ray and Lois Rutledge – January 1, 1982
https://www.maykoski.com/TrailsWest.html
http://www.maykoski.com/RedWillow/QR.pdf
Pages 206-207
Wife of ERNEST A. RUTLEDGE
LOIS ELAINE WATSON was born August 10, 1933 to Harold Kenneth Watson and Edna Mae Whitten at the Whitten homestead in Saunders County, Nebraska.
Lois grew up in Cambridge where her parents operated a hatchery for 18 years. She graduated from the McCook High School in 1952 and furthered her education at Parks School of Business in Denver, Colorado.
Lois married Fred Ford who was in the Korean War. They were the parents of one daughter, Cheryl Lynne, who died in Denver Colorado on June 28, 1954. She was buried in the Brighton Cemetery and later brought to the Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook.
Lois married Ernest Arthur Rutledge on January 2, 1953 in Denver, Colorado. Two daughters, Merrilee Dawn and Gloria Ann were born there. After Mr. Rutledge had been transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah, a son, Ernest Craig, was born.
Their son, Craig, was killed in an auto accident in 1972 and is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery.
Merrilee married Stephen LeRoy Sissel on November 30, 1974, at McCook, after attending the Nebraska University for two years. They are living in Lincoln, where Steve is an engineer for the City of Lincoln. They are the parents of a son, Eric LeRoy.
Gloria moved to Lansing, Michigan after a year at Nebraska University, where she worked as a Certified Dental Assistant for a time and then married Clifford Jerome Thelen, in Lansing on March 3, 1979. They have a dairy farm at Fowler, Michigan. Gloria and Cliff are the parents of one son, Brett Jerome.
Lois returned to the employment world in 1960 first as Clerk of the County Court. In the 16 years of her employment she worked as secretary and bookkeeper in several places of business in McCook.
She has been an active person both in civic organizations and the Methodist Church. In the Church she has been a Sunday School teacher, superintendent of the Primary Sunday School Department and has sung in the choir. She has served as president of the local Business and Professional Women's Club, an officer in the Does, is a Past Matron of Eastern Star and still holds an office, is an officer in the Naamah Temple #108, Daughters of the Nile in Hastings.
Lois is interested in genealogy and is editor and publisher of the local Genealogical Society's newsletter, "Ancestors Unlimited". Her interest in this line is what has prompted her present assistance in the publication of this book.
She has been known for her sewing arts in both clothes for her family and in the crafts, as she makes many things for her home, family and especially her grandchildren as well as the things she makes to support the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospitals.
Transcribed by Lois' third cousin, Phyllis Jean Bryant (nee Francies) on Saturday, May 22, 2021
Mother is: Lois Elaine Watson Ford Rutledge Knuth, born 10 Aug 1933 in McCook NE.
[I don't know how much of this transcription would be of interest to you.]:
Trails West to Red Willow County Nebraska: Past and Present Family History and Biography by Robert T. Ray and Lois Rutledge – January 1, 1982
https://www.maykoski.com/TrailsWest.html
http://www.maykoski.com/RedWillow/QR.pdf
Pages 206-207
Wife of ERNEST A. RUTLEDGE
LOIS ELAINE WATSON was born August 10, 1933 to Harold Kenneth Watson and Edna Mae Whitten at the Whitten homestead in Saunders County, Nebraska.
Lois grew up in Cambridge where her parents operated a hatchery for 18 years. She graduated from the McCook High School in 1952 and furthered her education at Parks School of Business in Denver, Colorado.
Lois married Fred Ford who was in the Korean War. They were the parents of one daughter, Cheryl Lynne, who died in Denver Colorado on June 28, 1954. She was buried in the Brighton Cemetery and later brought to the Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook.
Lois married Ernest Arthur Rutledge on January 2, 1953 in Denver, Colorado. Two daughters, Merrilee Dawn and Gloria Ann were born there. After Mr. Rutledge had been transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah, a son, Ernest Craig, was born.
Their son, Craig, was killed in an auto accident in 1972 and is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery.
Merrilee married Stephen LeRoy Sissel on November 30, 1974, at McCook, after attending the Nebraska University for two years. They are living in Lincoln, where Steve is an engineer for the City of Lincoln. They are the parents of a son, Eric LeRoy.
Gloria moved to Lansing, Michigan after a year at Nebraska University, where she worked as a Certified Dental Assistant for a time and then married Clifford Jerome Thelen, in Lansing on March 3, 1979. They have a dairy farm at Fowler, Michigan. Gloria and Cliff are the parents of one son, Brett Jerome.
Lois returned to the employment world in 1960 first as Clerk of the County Court. In the 16 years of her employment she worked as secretary and bookkeeper in several places of business in McCook.
She has been an active person both in civic organizations and the Methodist Church. In the Church she has been a Sunday School teacher, superintendent of the Primary Sunday School Department and has sung in the choir. She has served as president of the local Business and Professional Women's Club, an officer in the Does, is a Past Matron of Eastern Star and still holds an office, is an officer in the Naamah Temple #108, Daughters of the Nile in Hastings.
Lois is interested in genealogy and is editor and publisher of the local Genealogical Society's newsletter, "Ancestors Unlimited". Her interest in this line is what has prompted her present assistance in the publication of this book.
She has been known for her sewing arts in both clothes for her family and in the crafts, as she makes many things for her home, family and especially her grandchildren as well as the things she makes to support the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospitals.
Transcribed by Lois' third cousin, Phyllis Jean Bryant (nee Francies) on Saturday, May 22, 2021
[I don't know how much of this transcription would be of interest to you.]:
Trails West to Red Willow County Nebraska: Past and Present Family History and Biography by Robert T. Ray and Lois Rutledge – January 1, 1982
https://www.maykoski.com/TrailsWest.html
http://www.maykoski.com/RedWillow/QR.pdf
Pages 206-207
Wife of ERNEST A. RUTLEDGE
LOIS ELAINE WATSON was born August 10, 1933 to Harold Kenneth Watson and Edna Mae Whitten at the Whitten homestead in Saunders County, Nebraska.
Lois grew up in Cambridge where her parents operated a hatchery for 18 years. She graduated from the McCook High School in 1952 and furthered her education at Parks School of Business in Denver, Colorado.
Lois married Fred Ford who was in the Korean War. They were the parents of one daughter, Cheryl Lynne, who died in Denver Colorado on June 28, 1954. She was buried in the Brighton Cemetery and later brought to the Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook.
Lois married Ernest Arthur Rutledge on January 2, 1953 in Denver, Colorado. Two daughters, Merrilee Dawn and Gloria Ann were born there. After Mr. Rutledge had been transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah, a son, Ernest Craig, was born.
Their son, Craig, was killed in an auto accident in 1972 and is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery.
Merrilee married Stephen LeRoy Sissel on November 30, 1974, at McCook, after attending the Nebraska University for two years. They are living in Lincoln, where Steve is an engineer for the City of Lincoln. They are the parents of a son, Eric LeRoy.
Gloria moved to Lansing, Michigan after a year at Nebraska University, where she worked as a Certified Dental Assistant for a time and then married Clifford Jerome Thelen, in Lansing on March 3, 1979. They have a dairy farm at Fowler, Michigan. Gloria and Cliff are the parents of one son, Brett Jerome.
Lois returned to the employment world in 1960 first as Clerk of the County Court. In the 16 years of her employment she worked as secretary and bookkeeper in several places of business in McCook.
She has been an active person both in civic organizations and the Methodist Church. In the Church she has been a Sunday School teacher, superintendent of the Primary Sunday School Department and has sung in the choir. She has served as president of the local Business and Professional Women's Club, an officer in the Does, is a Past Matron of Eastern Star and still holds an office, is an officer in the Naamah Temple #108, Daughters of the Nile in Hastings.
Lois is interested in genealogy and is editor and publisher of the local Genealogical Society's newsletter, "Ancestors Unlimited". Her interest in this line is what has prompted her present assistance in the publication of this book.
She has been known for her sewing arts in both clothes for her family and in the crafts, as she makes many things for her home, family and especially her grandchildren as well as the things she makes to support the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospitals.
Transcribed by Lois' third cousin, Phyllis Jean Bryant (nee Francies) on Saturday, May 22, 2021
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