San Joaquin-Santa Clara County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Havlina, Ruth Tolliver  March 10, 2005
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Lodi News-Sentinel  Mar 11, 2005
Ruth Tolliver Havlina

  Ruth Tolliver Havlina, 93, of Lodi, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2005 in a 
Stockton hospital following a long illness. She was born Ruth O. Tolliver on 
September 28, 1911 in Omaha, NE.

  The family moved to Mayfield, CA in 1921. Ruth graduated from grammar school 
in 1924. They moved to Lodi the following year and she graduated from Lodi High 
School in 1928. She was one of the founders of the Marc Club of Lodi High. She 
then graduated from College of Commerce (now know as Humphreys College) in 
1929. She married Walter Smith in 1930,  then George Havlina in 1950. She 
worked for many years as secretary for Don Woods of Woods Cannery in both Lodi 
and Stockton, then for California Department of Motor Vehicles until her 
retirement in 1973. She was a longtime member of the United Congregational 
Christian Church of Lodi, a member of the Eta Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon 
Sorority, she went through the chairs of the Rebeccas and a member of 
Woodbridge Oaks Order of the Easter Star.

  Ruth was an avid bridge player and bowler. She enjoyed knitting, reading and 
watching the Oakland Raiders & The Price is Right. 

  She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Marie (Lindhal) Tolliver; 
brother, Charles Tolliver; sister, Harriet Rawlings and husband, George Havlina.

  She is survived by 3 children: Phyllis (Ray) Pearrow of Minnesota, David 
(Sharon) Smith of Nevada and Janis (Robert) Doerr of San Jose; sister Jane 
(Frank) Jacinto of Lodi; seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 4 
great-great-grandchildren.

  Friends are invited for a visitation on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at the 
Gierhart-Wells & Donahue Funeral Home 123 N. School St., Lodi, CA from 1-5 p.m. 
and to a funeral service on Monday, March 14, 2005 in the Evergreen Chapel of 
Cherokee Memorial Park, Hwy 99 & Harney Ln., Lodi, CA at 10 a.m. Interment will 
follow at Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be 
made to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Northern California Unit, 
2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817. Gierhart-Wells & Donahue Funeral 
Home is in charge of arrangements.



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