FULTON COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: CAMPBELL, Ruth (d. 1972)
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RUTH CAMPBELL - Curator of Museum in Fulton Co. from the Blade Correspondent

Wauseon, O - Mr.s Ruth Campbell, 82, curator of the Fulton County Museum, died
Thursday in Detweiler Hospital, Wauseon.
Mrs. Campbell, the widow of Reas Campbell, donated a building at 225 Monroe
St. in Wauseon to house the museum.  She lived most of her life in the Wauseon
area.
She taught in Wauseon elementary schools for more than 30 years, and she and
her husband were organizers of the Senior Citizens Club in Wauseon.
Surviving are her stepson, Williams and stepdaughter, Mrs. Jean Shaughnessy.
Memorial servies will be conducted at a later date.

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Death Takes Ruth Campbell
Memorial Services are being arranged for Mrs. Ruth Campbell, 82, of 225 Monore
Street, Wauseon, who died Thursday night at Detwiler hospital following along
illness.
She was widely known in local civic and church circles and was a retired
school teacher.
Before her death seh donated her home to the Fulton County Historical society
for use as a historical museum.  It once housed one of Wauseon's early schools
and later became the site of Wauseon's first hospital.
She and her husband, the late Reas Campbell, were prime movers in the
organization of the Wauseon Senior Citizen Club.  She also was curator of the
Historical Museum.
She was a member of the Wauseon Chapter of the DAR, a 50 year member and past
matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, a member of the Wauseon Women's
Garden Club, and the First Congregational Church.
In 1964, she was the recipient of the Book of Golden Deeds Award by the
Wauseon Exchange club.
She is survived by her stepson, William Campbell of New York and a step-
daughter Mrs. Jean Shaughnessy of Springfield, Virgina and four grandchildren.
She had bequeathed her body to the medical research department at the Medical
College of Ohio in Toledo, where it was taken Thursday night.

Warmly and affectionately submitted with much love:  Maggie Brown Moerdyke




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