Ruth Elizabeth <I>Timmons</I> Hill

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Ruth Elizabeth Timmons Hill

Birth
Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, USA
Death
30 Sep 2002 (aged 88)
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Plot
Div O, Blk 1, Row 3, Sp 32
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RUTH ELIZABETH TIMMONS HILL WAS BORN IN BLOOMFIELD, INDIANA ON MARCH 14, 1914. SHE WAS THE 5TH OF 6 CHILDREN. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM FRANKLIN TIMMONS AND STELLA E. FULLER.

SHE MARRIED LEMUAL WAYDELLE HILL.

RUTH'S CAUSE OF DEATH WAS EMPHYSEMA.

RUTH WAS A GRADUATE OF ARSENAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.SHE SERVED AS A TROUBLESHOOTER AND A LAB RESEARCHER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS AND RESEARCHERS ELI LILLY AND COMPANY FOR 10 YEARS. SHE STUDIED WITH THE U.S.CADET NURSE CORPS IN INDIANA AND GRADUATED ON JANUARY 4, 1947, AS A REGISTERED NURSE, FROM THE ST ELIZABETH ACADEMY SCHOOL OF NURSING IN LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

SHE WORKED AS A NURSE IN HER HOMETOWN. IN 1947, RUTH WORKED AT THE SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO. IN 1948, SHE WORKED AT THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL IN DEL RIO, TEXAS.

IN 1948, SHE MET WAYDELLE HILL. (ONE OF WAYDELLE'S DELIVERY BOYS TOLD HIM ABOUT RUTH AND THAT SHE WAS WORKING AT THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL, SAID RUTH.) THEY WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 24, 1948, IN BRACKETTVILLE, TEXAS, BY A BAPTIST MINISTER. WAYDELLE WAS A REGISTERED PHARMACIST WHO OWNED HIS OWN DRUG STORE, HILL'S PILLS, IN DEL RIO.

RUTH HAD 7 PREGNANCIES, BUT ONLY ONE LIVED. PATRINA PARALEE HILL, PATRINA WAS HER 2ND PREGNANCY AND WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 16, 1950.

RUTH WORKED WITH HER HUSBAND, WAYDELLE, MAKING HOME VISITS AND GIVING B12 SHOTS TO WAYDELLE'S CUSTOMERS. SHE DID THIS FOR A WHILE AND THEN SHE CONCENTRATED ON RAISING THEIR DAUGHTER, PATRINA, AND GARDENING IN HER YARD. SHE HAD 100 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF PLANTS AND TREES. SHE WOULD COOK BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING FOR WAYDELLE & PATRINA. AT NOON, RUTH WOULD TAKE WAYDELLE SOMETHING COOKED TO THE DRUG STORE. AT NIGHT, MY FATHER WOULD TAKE US OUT TO EAT.

RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FELIPE COUNTRY CLUB IN DEL RIO, AND HER HUSBAND, WAYDELLE, WAS ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MORNING GLORY GARDEN CLUB.

IN 1976, SHE MADE AN UNSUCCESFUL ATTEMPT FOR MAYOR. IN DECEMBER OF 1982, SHE WON A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A VACATED CITY COUNCIL POSITION, AND BECAME COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE. IN 1984, SHE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION, BUT LOST.

IN 1996, RUTH MOVED TO CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, WITH HER DAUGHTER, PATRINA, A RETIRED SOCIAL WORKER, AND RUTH'S SON-IN-LAW, DICK, WHO HAD SERVED AS A MEDIC IN VIETNAM IN THE U. S. NAVY AND WAS RETIRED FROM THE CARLSBAD MEDICAL CENTER. PATRINA COOKED HER MOTHER A POT OF FRESH VEGETABLES THREE TIMES A DAY. AT HER MOTHER'S REQUEST. IN SEPT 2002, RUTH DIED IN PATRINA'S HOME.

RUTH'S FUNERAL WAS HANDLED BY THE DENTON-FUNCHESS FUNERAL HOME, IN CARLSBAD. HER FUNERAL WAS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2002. PATRINA'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, PASTOR MIKE MAURER SR, OF THE VICTORIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO, OFFICIATED AND HIS SON, MICHAEL MAURER JR, VOCALIST, SANG " I CAN ONLY IMAGINE". PALL BEARERS WERE PATRINA'S IN-LAWS, HUSBAND, SON-IN-LAW, AND SON. SHE WAS LAID TO REST IN THE CARLSBAD CEMETERY (new section). RUTH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WAYDELLE, AND ALL OF HER 5 SIBLINGS. RUTH WAS SURVIVED BY PATRINA GOTCHER, OF CARLSBAD, AND GRANDCHILDREN, KATHRYN GOTCHER AND BENJAMIN GOTCHER OF CARLSBAD, AND MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS.

FAMILY LINKS:
PARENTS:
WILLIAM FRANKLIN TIMMONS 1867-1945
STELLA E FULLER TIMMONS 1882-1920

BY 1920, RUTH'S PARENTS WERE DIVORCED, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BIRTH CONTROL IN THOSE DAYS. MY MOTHER SAID HER PARENTS LOVED EACH OTHER VERY MUCH, THEY JUST HAD TO SEPARATE.

TRANSCRIBED TO FIND A GRAVE BY PATRINA HILL GOTCHER PERKINS.

SPOUSE
LEMUAL WAYDELLE HILL 1904-1974

LEMUAL WAYDELLE HILL, RUTH'S HUSBAND,IS BURIED IN THE NOW HISTORIC WESTLAWN CEMETERY IN DEL RIO, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS.

CHILD
PATRINA PARALEE HILL GOTCHER PERKINS 1950-

SIBLINGS:
RAYMOND ASA TIMMONS 1902-1985
LEWIS TIMMONS 1904-1970
RUTH ELIZABETH TIMMONS HILL 1904-2002
MARY LOUISE TIMMONS HANLEY 1906-1946
HETTIE IRENE TIMMONS CORRELL BAKER 1912-1997
DAVID GALLEN TIMMONS 1914-1981
RUTH ELIZABETH TIMMONS HILL WAS BORN IN BLOOMFIELD, INDIANA ON MARCH 14, 1914. SHE WAS THE 5TH OF 6 CHILDREN. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM FRANKLIN TIMMONS AND STELLA E. FULLER.

SHE MARRIED LEMUAL WAYDELLE HILL.

RUTH'S CAUSE OF DEATH WAS EMPHYSEMA.

RUTH WAS A GRADUATE OF ARSENAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.SHE SERVED AS A TROUBLESHOOTER AND A LAB RESEARCHER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS AND RESEARCHERS ELI LILLY AND COMPANY FOR 10 YEARS. SHE STUDIED WITH THE U.S.CADET NURSE CORPS IN INDIANA AND GRADUATED ON JANUARY 4, 1947, AS A REGISTERED NURSE, FROM THE ST ELIZABETH ACADEMY SCHOOL OF NURSING IN LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

SHE WORKED AS A NURSE IN HER HOMETOWN. IN 1947, RUTH WORKED AT THE SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO. IN 1948, SHE WORKED AT THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL IN DEL RIO, TEXAS.

IN 1948, SHE MET WAYDELLE HILL. (ONE OF WAYDELLE'S DELIVERY BOYS TOLD HIM ABOUT RUTH AND THAT SHE WAS WORKING AT THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL, SAID RUTH.) THEY WERE MARRIED ON APRIL 24, 1948, IN BRACKETTVILLE, TEXAS, BY A BAPTIST MINISTER. WAYDELLE WAS A REGISTERED PHARMACIST WHO OWNED HIS OWN DRUG STORE, HILL'S PILLS, IN DEL RIO.

RUTH HAD 7 PREGNANCIES, BUT ONLY ONE LIVED. PATRINA PARALEE HILL, PATRINA WAS HER 2ND PREGNANCY AND WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 16, 1950.

RUTH WORKED WITH HER HUSBAND, WAYDELLE, MAKING HOME VISITS AND GIVING B12 SHOTS TO WAYDELLE'S CUSTOMERS. SHE DID THIS FOR A WHILE AND THEN SHE CONCENTRATED ON RAISING THEIR DAUGHTER, PATRINA, AND GARDENING IN HER YARD. SHE HAD 100 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF PLANTS AND TREES. SHE WOULD COOK BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING FOR WAYDELLE & PATRINA. AT NOON, RUTH WOULD TAKE WAYDELLE SOMETHING COOKED TO THE DRUG STORE. AT NIGHT, MY FATHER WOULD TAKE US OUT TO EAT.

RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FELIPE COUNTRY CLUB IN DEL RIO, AND HER HUSBAND, WAYDELLE, WAS ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MORNING GLORY GARDEN CLUB.

IN 1976, SHE MADE AN UNSUCCESFUL ATTEMPT FOR MAYOR. IN DECEMBER OF 1982, SHE WON A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A VACATED CITY COUNCIL POSITION, AND BECAME COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE. IN 1984, SHE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION, BUT LOST.

IN 1996, RUTH MOVED TO CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, WITH HER DAUGHTER, PATRINA, A RETIRED SOCIAL WORKER, AND RUTH'S SON-IN-LAW, DICK, WHO HAD SERVED AS A MEDIC IN VIETNAM IN THE U. S. NAVY AND WAS RETIRED FROM THE CARLSBAD MEDICAL CENTER. PATRINA COOKED HER MOTHER A POT OF FRESH VEGETABLES THREE TIMES A DAY. AT HER MOTHER'S REQUEST. IN SEPT 2002, RUTH DIED IN PATRINA'S HOME.

RUTH'S FUNERAL WAS HANDLED BY THE DENTON-FUNCHESS FUNERAL HOME, IN CARLSBAD. HER FUNERAL WAS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2002. PATRINA'S BROTHER-IN-LAW, PASTOR MIKE MAURER SR, OF THE VICTORIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO, OFFICIATED AND HIS SON, MICHAEL MAURER JR, VOCALIST, SANG " I CAN ONLY IMAGINE". PALL BEARERS WERE PATRINA'S IN-LAWS, HUSBAND, SON-IN-LAW, AND SON. SHE WAS LAID TO REST IN THE CARLSBAD CEMETERY (new section). RUTH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WAYDELLE, AND ALL OF HER 5 SIBLINGS. RUTH WAS SURVIVED BY PATRINA GOTCHER, OF CARLSBAD, AND GRANDCHILDREN, KATHRYN GOTCHER AND BENJAMIN GOTCHER OF CARLSBAD, AND MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS.

FAMILY LINKS:
PARENTS:
WILLIAM FRANKLIN TIMMONS 1867-1945
STELLA E FULLER TIMMONS 1882-1920

BY 1920, RUTH'S PARENTS WERE DIVORCED, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BIRTH CONTROL IN THOSE DAYS. MY MOTHER SAID HER PARENTS LOVED EACH OTHER VERY MUCH, THEY JUST HAD TO SEPARATE.

TRANSCRIBED TO FIND A GRAVE BY PATRINA HILL GOTCHER PERKINS.

SPOUSE
LEMUAL WAYDELLE HILL 1904-1974

LEMUAL WAYDELLE HILL, RUTH'S HUSBAND,IS BURIED IN THE NOW HISTORIC WESTLAWN CEMETERY IN DEL RIO, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS.

CHILD
PATRINA PARALEE HILL GOTCHER PERKINS 1950-

SIBLINGS:
RAYMOND ASA TIMMONS 1902-1985
LEWIS TIMMONS 1904-1970
RUTH ELIZABETH TIMMONS HILL 1904-2002
MARY LOUISE TIMMONS HANLEY 1906-1946
HETTIE IRENE TIMMONS CORRELL BAKER 1912-1997
DAVID GALLEN TIMMONS 1914-1981

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IN LOVING MEMORY
MOTHER AND GRANNY
RUTH ELIZABETH HILL



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