6962. Mary Susan ScholesScolesa href="pafg147.htm#9730">Andrew Wesley Scoles , Nancy Jane Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born in 1895 in Adams Co, IN.. She died in 1964 in Hemlock, Saginaw Co., MI..
Mary married James Cecil Wade on 14 Sep 1912 in Adams Co, IN.. James was born on 4 Jun 1891. He died in Apr 1982 in MI..
Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Sep 14, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.102102.37
Last residence: MI 48626
State of issue: MI
Social Security #: 386-38-4758George Wesley Scoles, letter 1996
James and Mary had the following children:
6964. Berman Wesley Scoles (Andrew Wesley Scoles , Nancy Jane Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born in 1902 in Adams Co, IN.. He died in 1955 in Midland, Midland Co., MI..
George Wesley Scoles, letter 1996
1979 History of Adams Co.,IN Vol 1
Occ: Dow Chemicals
Berman married Ethel Mae Howe.
They had the following children:
7544 F i Violet Lucille Scoles died in Oct 1993 in MI..
Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Aug 16, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.114459.0Violet married Wayne Winchell. Wayne was born on 3 Apr 1913. He died in May 1974.
Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Aug 16, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.114460.121
Last residence: MI 48618
State of issue: MI
Social Security #: 383-01-4699+ 7545 M ii Wesley Clare Scoles 7546 F iii Ann Carol Scoles Ann married (1) Larry Barnaby. Ann married (2) Mr. Rodriquez.
6966. Charles M. Frank (Mary Myrtle Scoles , Nancy Jane Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born on 7 Aug 1901 in Blue Creek Twp., Adams Co., IN.. He died on 12 Jun 1972 in Adams Co, IN..
1979 History of Adams Co. c1980 by Adams Co Historical Society
Adams County, Indiana Index to Birth Records A-Z 1882-1920.
1920 Adams co., IN Census.
1910 Blue Creek Twp., Adams Co., IN.
Charles married Emma Jane Buffenbarger.
They had the following children:
6968. James Lester Frank (Mary Myrtle Scoles , Nancy Jane Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born on 10 Mar 1904 in Blue Creek Twp., Adams Co., IN.. He died in 1986.
Adams County, Indiana Index to Birth Records A-Z 1882-1920.
1920 Adams co., IN Census.
1910 Blue Creek Twp., Adams Co., IN.
1979 History of Adams Co. c1980 by Adams Co Historical Society
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May 1937, Trustee of Mount Hope M.E. Church
Bet. 1939 - 1959, Superintendent of the Sunday School
Religion: name changed to Church of the Nazarene
James married Selma Luginbill.
They had the following children:
+ 7552 F i Dorothy Eileen Frank + 7553 M ii Merlin Eugene Frank + 7554 F iii Deloris Jeane Frank + 7555 M iv Ronnie Lee Frank 7556 F v Lucille Eleanor Frank Lucille married Martin Bleeke.
6975. Arnold Melbert Elzey (James Jesse Elzey , Abigale Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born in 1910 in Blackford Co., IN.. He died in 1973.
1870 Census
Sackett Family Collection by:Ruth Elzey Rawlings
Arnold married Helen Louise Kelly.
They had the following children:
+ 7557 F i Linda Elzey
6976. George Allison Elzey (James Jesse Elzey , Abigale Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas )
George married Virginia Mary Chudzinski.
They had the following children:
7558 M i Arnold Frederick Elzey Arnold married Dianne Price Detweiler. + 7559 M ii Paul Vincent Elzey
6977. Ray Douglas Elzey (James Jesse Elzey , Abigale Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas )
They had the following children:
7560 M i Ray Douglas Elzey II
6978. Lucile Elzey (Ira William Elzey , Abigale Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born in 1907 in Blackford Co., IN.. She died in 1943 in ID..
1979 History of Adams Co. c1980 by Adams Co Historical Society
Sackett Family Collection by:Ruth Elzey Rawlings
Lucile married William Eber Rawlings in 1930. William was born in 1904 in Sheridan, IN.. He died in 1973 in Spokane, WA..
Sackett Family Collection by: Ruth Elzey Rawlings
Occ: Project Manager Grand Coulee Dam
William and Lucile had the following children:
6979. Ida Ruth Elzey (Ira William Elzey , Abigale Major , Mary Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas ) was born on 27 Apr 1910 in Hartford City, Blackford Co., IN. She died on 6 May 2005 in Kennewick, Benton Co., WA. Ruth was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Billings, Yellowstone Co., MT
Western College for Women, Oxford, OH.
January 30, 2001TO: Western College Alumnae Service Award Committee:
I wish to nominate Ida Ruth Elzey Rawlings, Western College class of 1931, for Western's 2001 Service Award. Ruth is an amazing 90 year old, whose remarkable and continued accomplishments she attributes to her stimulating liberal arts education at "Western College for Women". She currently surfs the Internet on her Pentium computer, corresponding with people all over the world about her family history.
Her love for history began as a history major at Western and continued as a theme for her life as she participated in and made history throughout the last century. It is on this basis that I nominate her for Western's 2001 Service Award in the category of Professional Accomplishments. A synopsis of her accomplishments follows:
Ruth was born in 1910 in Hartford City Indiana. She entered Western when she was just barely 17, having skipped a grade in elementary school. She chose history as her major because "those who didn't understand history were doomed to repeat it".
Upon graduation in 1931 in the height of the depression, she returned to Hartford City to teach high school history, where she taught for 11 years. She was a demanding and dramatic instructor, well loved by her students as you can see from the attached poem written by Leata James, entitled "Miss Elzey".
Ruth, however, was not content with just teaching. She saved her money each year for an educational experience of some kind, often in the form of a trip, which she took almost every summer. In the summer(s) of:
* 1931, she drove west with her family to Idaho, over many gravel roads
* 1932, she went to a dude ranch in Bozeman Montana
* 1933, she took a bus tour of the West sponsored by the University of Oklahoma with 150 other school teachers, touring from Texas to Washington State
* 1934, she took sailed first class on a 90day around the world tour aboard the SS President Monroe and the SS President Coolidge. She left from Los Angeles, sailed to Hawaii, Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bombay, Egypt where she went through the pyramids and rode a camel, and back to New York City
* 1935, she went abroad to study at the University of Cambridge, England
* 1936, she again drove to Idaho
* 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1942 she studied and earned her Masters Degree in history and education from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City
* 1940, she sailed the Inland Passage to Alaska with a University of Washington tourEach year she returned to Hartford City, sharing her travels as educational experiences for her high school students, until 1943, when with our country at war, she joined the Women's Army Corp (WAC). Her goal was to serve in Europe. Ruth progressed quickly from boot camp to officer's school as a second lieutenant and served as Assistant WAC Director for the 7th Service Command. In 1944, she was chosen as one of 100 women and 600 men to attend Command & General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. She completed C&GS School 6th in that class (see clipping and diploma).
In July, 1945 she realized her dream when she was sent to the 9th Air Force Headquarters in Occupied Germany as a member of the General's staff, the first woman to hold that position in the European US Air Force. She had many interesting experiences, including one as a diplomatic courier who foiled an attempted hi-jacking of her diplomatic pouch carrying who-knows-what secrets!
Four months later, she again achieved a first when she was assigned as a Captain and the first woman in the Department of Education of Military Government Occupied Germany in Gross Hessen. Ruth's job was to lead the re-establishment of the German High Schools in a democratic forum in one third of the US Zone. She successfully instituted student government that Hitler destroyed in 1933 by establishing the Hitler youth organizations.
Shortly after returning from Germany, Ruth was chosen Queen-For-A-Day.
Her wish was to provide books to the German Schools. She then served as Assistant Dean of Women at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and studied at the Thunderbird School of International Management (see clipping). On August 23, 1949, she married William Eber Rawlings of Billings, Montana, and resided there until they moved to Ephrata, Washington.
Ruth supported her husband in his career as Project Manager of Grand Coulee Dam and the 500,000-acre Columbia Basin Irrigation Project, US Bureau of Reclamation. She entertained many foreign visitors, including the President of Brazil and his wife. She established the "Ephrata International Friends" program to host these many foreign visitors who came to see Grand Coulee
Dam. After Bill died, she started the "Lunch for Seniors" program in which seniors could get a low cost lunch at the junior high school after the kids finished their lunch, which led to the establishment of the Ephrata Senior Center.Ruth taught at Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake, Washington and was a counselor for a group of high school students during a 6-week tour of Europe. She served on many Boards of Directors, including YWCA, American Field Service, CampFire Girls and the School Board. She is a life member of Eastern Star, and a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames 17th Century, and Grant and Blackford Counties Historical Societies. She attended many Elderhostels, and learned the computer at age 78.
Ruth has continued to study, learn and contribute throughout her life. And remember, she accomplished many of her successes at a time when these things "just weren't done" by women. Her remarkable and interesting life is a tribute to the tradition, spirit and stimulating liberal arts education she received at Western; and is well deserving of the Honor of your 2001 Professional Accomplishments Service Award.
And I, as her daughter, am very, very proud of her and her outstanding accomplishments. I hope you will enjoy the clippings and pictures I have enclosed. . . . thank you for your consideration.
[Signed: Jane Kirkendall (her daughter)]
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March 26, 2001
Ruth Elzey Rawlings
George Washington Way
Richland, WA. 99325Dear Ruth Rawlings,
On behalf of Mary Moffat Finkbeiner '43, Chair of the Alumnae Service Award Committee of the Western College Alumnae Assocaition Board of Trustees, I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected as one of two recipients of this prestigious award, to be given at the Saturday evening banquet at Alumnae Weekend this year
As you know, the reunion will be June 22-24. We invite you and your daughter to be guests of the association for the weekend.
We look forward to welcoming you in June!
In the spirit of Western
Judy K. Waldron
Director
[Ruth was unable to attend]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2005
Ida Ruth Elzey Rawlings, 95, of Richland, died May 6 at the Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick.
She was born in Hartford City, Ind. and lived in the Tri-Cities since 1999. She was a retired teacher.
Einan's Funeral Home, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
(http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/obits/story/6471261p-6351256c.html>)
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Ida Ruth Elzey Rawlings
Einan's Funeral Home
On May 6, 2005, Ida Ruth Elzey Rawlings, 95, rejoined Jesus Christ and her beloved husband, William Eber Rawlings and parent, Ira William and Maude Roberts Elzey in Heaven.
Ruth was born April 27, 1910, in Hartford City, Indiana.
She received her BA in history from Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, in 1931 and her MA in education from Columbia University in New York City in 1942.
She taught history at Hartford City Senior High School for 11 years until she joined the Women's Army Corps during WWII in December 1943. She graduated from Command and General Staff War School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and served as Assistant WAC Staff Director for the 7th Service Command.
At the close of WWII, Ruth was promoted to captain, and was the first woman in the Department of Education of Military Government Occupied Germany in Gross Hessen.
She led the re-establishment of the German high schools under democratic principles, including the development of a democratic student government that Hitler had destroyed in 1933 by establishing the autocratic Hitler youth organizations.
After returning to civilian life, and by requesting books for the German schools, Ruth was chosen Queen for a Day. Later, she became a Charter Member of the Women in Military Service Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C.
She then taught and served as Assistant Dean of Women at Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
On August 23, 1949 in Moran Wyoming, she married Bill Rawlings of Billings, Montana, and resided there until they moved to Ephrata in 1960, where Bill was the Project Manager of Grand Coulee Dam and the vast Columbia Basin Irrigation Project until his retirement in 1970. She moved to Richland in 1999.
Ruth was a life member of the Methodist Church and Eastern Star, and active member of the Grant County and Blackford County Historical Societies, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
She proactively served her community on the Board of Directors for Camp Fire and YWCA in Billings where she created interactive learning programs for mothers and children, and in Ephrata where she created the Senior Lunch Program that became the Ephrata Senior Center.
Ruth traveled extensively around the world and did historical research at over 35 Elderhostels, continuing her lifelong love of learning. Her deep and abiding interest was the historical research of her many great-grandparents and writing of their historic lives.
A service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2005, at Einan's Funeral Home, Richland.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Hospice or the Veteran's Memorial in Columbia Park.
Ruth, we love you and will miss your vivacious love of life. But death is only a horizon, the limit of our earthly sight; for life is eternal and love is immortal. Enjoy your fabulous journey!
Published in the Tri-City Herald on 5/12/2005.
http://www.legacy.com/tricityherald/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=3533629
Ida married William Eber Rawlings. William was born in 1904 in Sheridan, IN.. He died in 1973 in Spokane, WA..
Sackett Family Collection by: Ruth Elzey Rawlings
Occ: Project Manager Grand Coulee Dam
William and Ida had the following children:
7565 F i Jane Esther Rawlings Jane married Steven Robert Kirkendall.
6983. Mildred Irene Mason (Gordon Gail Mason , Millua Ethel James , Sarah Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas )
Mildred married Wilford Eugene Smith. Wilford was born in 1926. He died in 1995.
Theodore Cabot (Ted) Smith, ([email protected]), "Electronic."
Cindy Torres Owens
Wilford and Mildred had the following children:
7566 M i Theodore Cabot Smith
6989. Rev. Thurmon Eugene King (Grace Mabel Sackett , Jonathan Andrew Sackett , Samuel E. Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas )
Thurmon married Sylvia Irene Brumley.
They had the following children:
+ 7567 F i Rev Linda Kaye King + 7568 M ii Leslie Eugene King 7569 M iii Rodney Wayne King Rodney married Lee Ann Zinter. + 7570 F iv Mary Kathleen King + 7571 F v Deborah King + 7572 F vi Diana King
6990. James Donal King (Grace Mabel Sackett , Jonathan Andrew Sackett , Samuel E. Sackett , Samuel Sackett , Cyrus Sackett , Reuben Sackett , Jonathan Sacket , William Sacket , John , Simon , Thomas , Thomas )
James married (1) Mary Joann Sapp.
They had the following children:
+ 7573 F i Terri Lee King 7574 M ii James Donal King Jr James married Susan Grau. 7575 M iii Rex Allen King Rex married Linda.
James married (2) Mavis Norene Douglass.
They had the following children:
+ 7576 F iv Grace Beth King 7577 F v Myrtle King died in 1975 in Fallon, Churchill Co., NV.. The cause of death was Drowned. + 7578 M vi James Glenn King