Alta Ruth was blinded at the age of 3 weeks when eye drops prescribed to decrease chance of infection proved defective. And as was stated in her obituary which appeared April 27, 1937, "at the age of 2 years Alta Ruth was afflicted with infantile paralysis which left her speechless." The family cared for her in their home until 1932 when she was admitted to the State Institution in Beatrice.
Alta Ruth died at the age of 21 of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Alta Ruth was blinded at the age of 3 weeks when eye drops prescribed to decrease chance of infection proved defective. And as was stated in her obituary which appeared April 27, 1937, "at the age of 2 years Alta Ruth was afflicted with infantile paralysis which left her speechless." The family cared for her in their home until 1932 when she was admitted to the State Institution in Beatrice.
Alta Ruth died at the age of 21 of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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