Obit of Linton, Ruth Stroup - Craig County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    18 Nov 2007
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::Glenn Abbey Memorial Gardens--Miami OK
The Grove Daily Sun 22 Oct 2005
RUTH STROUP LINTON 1928-2005
MIAMI, Okla. - Ruth Stroup Linton of Miami died early Sunday morning
at her home after a sudden illness.  She was 77.
Mrs. Linton was born September 4, 1928 in Vinita, Oklahoma to Arthur
and Pansey (Barrett) Jones.  She graduated from Afton High School.
She retired from Oklahoma State Bank in Vinita.  She was a member of
the Better Breathers, the L'itle Club, the Pilot Club of Miami in
which she served as an officer.  She was a long-time member of the
First Baptist Church of Miami.
On July 12, 1975 she married Elmer Fred Stroup in Vinita, Oklahoma.
He preceded her in death on November 10, 2003.  On September 10, 2004
she married William Linton in Miami.  He survives of the home.
Additional survivors include one son, Randy Claggett of Las Vegas,
Nevada; three daughters, Linda and her husband Richard Castaldo of
Grove, OK, Maretha Wescott of Fairland, OK, and Cheryl Burton of
Prairie Village, Kansas; her mother, Pansey Wharton of Grove, OK; two
brothers, Raymond Jones of Belton, MO, and Paul Jones of Beggs, OK;
three sisters, Martha Claggett of Vinita, OK, Lucille Whitchurch of
Jay, OK, and Ruth Ann Schwan of Lafayette, CA; six grandchildren;
Travis and his wife Dianna, Tyler, Richie and his wife Brianna,
Jeremy, Maria, and Crystal.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday,
October 18, 2005 at the Cooper-Althouse Funeral Home in Miami.
The funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2005
at the First Baptist Church in Miami with Rev. Rick Longcrier
officiating.  Burial will follow in Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens east
of Miami.  Honorary Pallbearers will be Mrs. Linton's grandchildren,
Travis Wescott, Tyler Wescott, Richie Castaldo, Jeremy Castaldo,
Maria Castaldo and Crystal Claggett.
The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church of Miami in
care of the funeral home.
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