Individual Details

Ruth Irene Todd

(9 May 1912 - 8 Apr 1997)

Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Thursday, April 10, 1997, Page 6 A, Col. 2: Ruth Irene Todd Bilbrey, 84, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, April 8, 1997, at her home. She had been ill since November. Mrs. Bilbrey was born May 9, 1912, in Butler County. She had worked as sales clerk for Roth's department store 29 years. She was a member of Grand Avenue Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday School teacher 30 years and treasurer 17 years. She was an active charter member of the United Gospel Rescue Mission Ladies Auxiliary. Her hobbies included reading, quilting and crocheting. On Jan. 21, 1943, she was married to William A. Bilbrey in Greenville. He died Oct. 13, 1987. Survivors also include two daughters, Joann Morgan and Carol Luedemann, both of Poplar Bluff; three grandchildren, Carol Ann Carl, Lisa Stricklin and Robin Thies, all of Poplar Bluff; three great-grandchildren, Gary Lee Carl Jr., Melanie Stricklin and Morgan Striclin, all of Poplar Bluff; and one sister, Bertie Collins of Ellsinore. Visitation will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Charles Hannah and the Rev. Jim Dunn officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Bluff City Cemetery. The family requests memorials be made to the United Gospel Rescue Mission Ladies Auxiliary or Grant Avenue Baptist Church.

Events

Birth1912Missouri
Birth9 May 1912Butler Co., Missouri
Birth1913Missouri
Residence1920Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Marriage21 Jan 1943Greenville, Wayne Co., Missouri - William Artie Bilbrey
Death8 Apr 1997Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Alt namePrivate
Alt nameRuth I. Bilbrey
Soc Sec No495-16-7571
BurialPoplar Bluff City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseWilliam Artie Bilbrey (1901 - 1987)
ChildJoann Bilbrey ( - )
ChildCarol Bilbrey ( - )
FatherVan Buren Todd (1865 - 1921)
MotherNancy Lucinda Chronister (1877 - 1939)
SiblingWalter Jessie Todd (1894 - 1968)
SiblingFrances Todd (1896 - 1978)
SiblingCarl Leroy Todd (1898 - 1938)
SiblingWilliam "Basil" Todd (1901 - 1954)
SiblingRosa Pearl Todd (1903 - 1921)
SiblingLaura Alma Todd (1907 - 1943)
SiblingOrlan Todd (1909 - 1911)
SiblingLorene N. Todd (1914 - 1952)
SiblingBertie Mae Todd (1917 - 2004)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 495-16-7571; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951.

3. Obituary of Ruth Irene Todd Bilbrey, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Thursday, April 10, 1997, Page 6 A, Col. 2.

4. 1920 Census Butler Co., Missouri.

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

7. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 495-16-7571; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951.

8. Obituary of Ruth Irene Todd Bilbrey, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Thursday, April 10, 1997, Page 6 A, Col. 2.

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 495-16-7571; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951.

11. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Number: 495-16-7571; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951.

12. Obituary of Ruth Irene Todd Bilbrey, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Thursday, April 10, 1997, Page 6 A, Col. 2.