Ruth Rosella May (Babcock) McClure 1885-1929
Categories: Humboldt, Nebraska, Milton College Graduate, Nortonville, Kansas, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 107, No 10, p 319, Sep. 9, 1929.
Ruth Babcock McClure, daughter of Julius T. Babcock and Sarah Petty Babcock, was born in Humboldt, Neb., November 23, 1884, and died at Mercy Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., August 17, 1929, after a series of operations for cancer.
After the death of her mother, Ruth came to Nortonville when a little girl to live with relatives and friends. At the age of ten she came into the home of Mrs. Hannah Maxson, where she grew to womanhood. From the age of eighteen until she finished her high school course in Nortonville, she lived with her aunt, Mrs. Hannah Vandenburg.
When she was about twelve or thirteen years of age, Ruth professed her faith in Christ and united with the Nortonville Seventh Day Baptist Church.
During her early womanhood she taught school in the vicinity of Nortonville and elsewhere for about five years.
On September 23, 1913, she was married to Thomas Elza McClure, in Nortonville. During the following year the couple made their home in Kingman, Kan.; then they lived in the vicinity of Nortonville for six years. For the past nine years the family has resided at Effingham, Kan.
Mrs. McClure was known to be a conscientious Christian and devoted wife and mother. She was deeply religious but unostentatious withal. She was cheerful and optimistic by nature and always very patient. Throughout her illness and following her recent operations, she bore up with remarkable courage and fortitude. Her untimely passing was peaceful and in perfect trust.
She is survived by her husband, a step-daughter, Twila McClure, and the following five children: Gertrude, Quenten, Elwin, Ronald, and Milton, all at home.
Funeral services were held from the Nortonville Seventh Day Baptist church, August 19, at ten in the morning, the pastor officiating. Interment was made in the Nortonville cemetery. S. D. O.