OBITUARY: Ruth Ann (Clark) Tubbs, 1861-1934, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Osage News, Osage Iowa]



                     Mrs. Chas. Tubbs Died Friday
                        After Lingering Illness

Ruth Ann Clark was born March 16, 1861 in Cedar township, Mitchell
County, Iowa and passed to her reward Friday morning, Feb 16, 1934
at the family home at 611 Park street.

She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Clark. When she was 6 years of
age she went to live with her grandparents near Stoughton, Wis., but
returned to this county in 1880.

Her marriage to Charles J. Tubbs took place February 22 1881 at Osage
and the couple lived on a farm near here for thirty-eight years. They
moved into town in 1919 and have lived here since.

Mrs. Tubbs joined the Baptist church in Wisconsin in her young womanhood.
Both she and he husband became members of the Methodist church in Osage
before their marriage and continued this church relation here except
for a few years when they transferred to the Methodist church at Mitchell.
Later they again reunited with the local Methodist church and have been
members for more than fifty-two years.

She is survived by her husband; three sons: Clayton E. of Floyd, John Ray
and Earl C. of Osage, and one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Coonradt of Waverly,
there are two adopted daughters, Mrs. Perry Galley of Kenyon Minn, and
Mrs. Earnest Parr of Osage. Three sisters also survive: Mrs. John Tibbetts,
Riceville, Mrs. Herman Chidester of Stoughton Wis, and Mrs. Lizzie Ball
of Osage, two brothers Ed Clark, Osage, and William Clark who lived in
Pennsylvania; also eighteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Mrs. Tubbs lived within one month of her 73rd birthday.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 at the Champion
funeral home, conducted by Dr. Sylvester E. Ellis, pastor of the Methodist
church.



[Submitted by Kathy Pike, Austin, MN, Aug 2003]