Individual Details

Ruth Lucile Dodge

(8 Jul 1923 - 31 Dec 2009)

Gifford, Ruth L. 86 07/08/1923 12/31/2009 Ruth was born in Canby She owned and operated Western School of Floral Design Ruth is survived by her daughters, Candis Sanders, Georgia Daiker and Pati Young. A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, in Canby Funeral Chapel.
The Oregonian newspaper, Wednesday, January 6, 2010, section: Obituaries.
Graduate of Canby Union High School. -Dental Assistant and Bookkeeper at 2 dental offices from age 18 to 40 in Canby, Oregon.
Ruth was widowed at the age of 36 when her husband Hal R. Cattley was killed in a car accident 9 Feb 1959 in Canby, Oregon and then left with the care of 3 daughters age 11-3. Her father Frank Dodge had died the day before on 8 Feb 1959 and her mother Belle S. (Hubbard) Dodge came to live with her and her daughters at this time. -Federal Postal Clerk at the Canby Post Office. -Owner: Giffords Floral Design School in Portland, Oregon for 25 years. -Bookkeeper for Sanders Mobile Truck Repair, Inc until she retired at age 75.

Events

Birth8 Jul 1923Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon
Census (family)-shared26 Apr 1930(Frank Eber Dodge and Salina Isabel "Belle" Hubbard) Riverside, Clackamas County, Oregon
Census (family)-shared19 Apr 1940(Frank Eber Dodge and Salina Isabel "Belle" Hubbard) Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon
Marriage License5 Aug 1946Clark County, Washington - Hal Rodney Cattley
Marriage10 Aug 1946Seaview, Pacific County, Washington - Hal Rodney Cattley
Death31 Dec 2009Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
Burial8 Jan 2010Zion Memorial Park, Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon

Families

SpouseHal Rodney Cattley (1917 - 1959)
ChildLiving
SpouseMarshall Burr Gifford (1916 - 2009)
FatherFrank Eber Dodge (1876 - 1959)
MotherSalina Isabel "Belle" Hubbard (1877 - 1965)
SiblingEunice Margaret Dodge (1900 - 1983)
SiblingMark Hubbard Dodge (1901 - 1961)
SiblingThelma Estelle Dodge (1904 - 1997)
SiblingCaroline Lois Dodge (1907 - 1987)
SiblingClyde Frank Dodge (1909 - 1987)
SiblingKenneth Ivan Dodge (1912 - 1979)
SiblingHelen Isabelle Dodge (1914 - 1989)
SiblingRichard Jerome Dodge (1919 - 2000)

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