Harriet Irvin Rutland
OCTOBER 14, 1925 – DECEMBER 4, 2021
Harriet Irvin Rutland passed away peacefully in her home on December 4, 2021. She was born Betty Harriet Irvin in Manila, P.I., October 14, 1925 to parents Ross and Helen Irvin. Ross Irvin, an Army officer, then traveled with his family to Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming; Fort Riley, Kansas; Tucson, Arizona; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; College Station, Texas; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Riley again; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Hays, Ohio; Fort Bliss again; and then to Austin, Texas.
Harriet attended A&M Consolidated in College Station, Chattanooga High School in Tennessee, Austin High in El Paso, and graduated from Radford School in El Paso. She was graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, a life-long interest. In 1953 she went to Japan and married Capt. James Holden Phillips, Jr., later divorcing. She worked for the Texas Highway Department seven years and was Chief Journalist, quitting upon her marriage to James Rutland on December 10, 1962. They lived in Austin and Round Rock and began restoring old houses. After James' death she restored 38 houses in Round Rock and on a ranch in Dripping Springs. When living in Round Rock she was on the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Home Charter Commission, which gave Round Rock its jump from small town to city.
She was a member of the Junior League of Austin, Colonial Dames, Settlement Club, Headliners Club, life member of the Texas Exes, English Speaking Union, Open Forum and over 50 years in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Preceding her in death were her parents Col. Ross and Helen Irvin, her brother General Jefferson J. Irvin, and husband James Rutland.
Surviving are nephews Ross and Jeff Irvin and niece Julia Irvin Robinson, and next generation: Jefferson Ross Irvin, Helen Irvin, and Lia Irvin. Also, from the Rutland side: Ann Hardwicke Moody, Martha Moody DeGrasse, Mary Hardwicke Townsend, Frances Townsend Gilman, Charles Moody, and all beloved in-laws.
After a private family burial, the funeral service for Harriet will be held at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (3201 Windsor Road) at 2:30 pm on Friday, December 10. Mourners should please, in lieu of sending flowers, send a donation to a charity of choice.
Dignity Memorial website 7 December 2021
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Note: I met Harriet in Dallas in 1975, and moved to Austin a year later. I liked Harriet and wished to contact but had no address. I called the Postmaster in Round Rock to ask for her contact information. "Everybody knows Mrs. Rutland. Just address your letter 'Harriet Rutland, Round Rock, Texas.'" In the 1970 US Population, the town had a population of 2811, and in 2020 it was 133,000. She also had a flat in London for a time. P.F.M
OCTOBER 14, 1925 – DECEMBER 4, 2021
Harriet Irvin Rutland passed away peacefully in her home on December 4, 2021. She was born Betty Harriet Irvin in Manila, P.I., October 14, 1925 to parents Ross and Helen Irvin. Ross Irvin, an Army officer, then traveled with his family to Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming; Fort Riley, Kansas; Tucson, Arizona; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; College Station, Texas; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Riley again; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Hays, Ohio; Fort Bliss again; and then to Austin, Texas.
Harriet attended A&M Consolidated in College Station, Chattanooga High School in Tennessee, Austin High in El Paso, and graduated from Radford School in El Paso. She was graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, a life-long interest. In 1953 she went to Japan and married Capt. James Holden Phillips, Jr., later divorcing. She worked for the Texas Highway Department seven years and was Chief Journalist, quitting upon her marriage to James Rutland on December 10, 1962. They lived in Austin and Round Rock and began restoring old houses. After James' death she restored 38 houses in Round Rock and on a ranch in Dripping Springs. When living in Round Rock she was on the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Home Charter Commission, which gave Round Rock its jump from small town to city.
She was a member of the Junior League of Austin, Colonial Dames, Settlement Club, Headliners Club, life member of the Texas Exes, English Speaking Union, Open Forum and over 50 years in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Preceding her in death were her parents Col. Ross and Helen Irvin, her brother General Jefferson J. Irvin, and husband James Rutland.
Surviving are nephews Ross and Jeff Irvin and niece Julia Irvin Robinson, and next generation: Jefferson Ross Irvin, Helen Irvin, and Lia Irvin. Also, from the Rutland side: Ann Hardwicke Moody, Martha Moody DeGrasse, Mary Hardwicke Townsend, Frances Townsend Gilman, Charles Moody, and all beloved in-laws.
After a private family burial, the funeral service for Harriet will be held at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (3201 Windsor Road) at 2:30 pm on Friday, December 10. Mourners should please, in lieu of sending flowers, send a donation to a charity of choice.
Dignity Memorial website 7 December 2021
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Note: I met Harriet in Dallas in 1975, and moved to Austin a year later. I liked Harriet and wished to contact but had no address. I called the Postmaster in Round Rock to ask for her contact information. "Everybody knows Mrs. Rutland. Just address your letter 'Harriet Rutland, Round Rock, Texas.'" In the 1970 US Population, the town had a population of 2811, and in 2020 it was 133,000. She also had a flat in London for a time. P.F.M
Harriet Irvin Rutland
OCTOBER 14, 1925 – DECEMBER 4, 2021
Harriet Irvin Rutland passed away peacefully in her home on December 4, 2021. She was born Betty Harriet Irvin in Manila, P.I., October 14, 1925 to parents Ross and Helen Irvin. Ross Irvin, an Army officer, then traveled with his family to Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming; Fort Riley, Kansas; Tucson, Arizona; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; College Station, Texas; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Riley again; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Hays, Ohio; Fort Bliss again; and then to Austin, Texas.
Harriet attended A&M Consolidated in College Station, Chattanooga High School in Tennessee, Austin High in El Paso, and graduated from Radford School in El Paso. She was graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, a life-long interest. In 1953 she went to Japan and married Capt. James Holden Phillips, Jr., later divorcing. She worked for the Texas Highway Department seven years and was Chief Journalist, quitting upon her marriage to James Rutland on December 10, 1962. They lived in Austin and Round Rock and began restoring old houses. After James' death she restored 38 houses in Round Rock and on a ranch in Dripping Springs. When living in Round Rock she was on the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Home Charter Commission, which gave Round Rock its jump from small town to city.
She was a member of the Junior League of Austin, Colonial Dames, Settlement Club, Headliners Club, life member of the Texas Exes, English Speaking Union, Open Forum and over 50 years in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Preceding her in death were her parents Col. Ross and Helen Irvin, her brother General Jefferson J. Irvin, and husband James Rutland.
Surviving are nephews Ross and Jeff Irvin and niece Julia Irvin Robinson, and next generation: Jefferson Ross Irvin, Helen Irvin, and Lia Irvin. Also, from the Rutland side: Ann Hardwicke Moody, Martha Moody DeGrasse, Mary Hardwicke Townsend, Frances Townsend Gilman, Charles Moody, and all beloved in-laws.
After a private family burial, the funeral service for Harriet will be held at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (3201 Windsor Road) at 2:30 pm on Friday, December 10. Mourners should please, in lieu of sending flowers, send a donation to a charity of choice.
Dignity Memorial website 7 December 2021
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Note: I met Harriet in Dallas in 1975, and moved to Austin a year later. I liked Harriet and wished to contact but had no address. I called the Postmaster in Round Rock to ask for her contact information. "Everybody knows Mrs. Rutland. Just address your letter 'Harriet Rutland, Round Rock, Texas.'" In the 1970 US Population, the town had a population of 2811, and in 2020 it was 133,000. She also had a flat in London for a time. P.F.M
OCTOBER 14, 1925 – DECEMBER 4, 2021
Harriet Irvin Rutland passed away peacefully in her home on December 4, 2021. She was born Betty Harriet Irvin in Manila, P.I., October 14, 1925 to parents Ross and Helen Irvin. Ross Irvin, an Army officer, then traveled with his family to Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming; Fort Riley, Kansas; Tucson, Arizona; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; College Station, Texas; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Riley again; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Hays, Ohio; Fort Bliss again; and then to Austin, Texas.
Harriet attended A&M Consolidated in College Station, Chattanooga High School in Tennessee, Austin High in El Paso, and graduated from Radford School in El Paso. She was graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, a life-long interest. In 1953 she went to Japan and married Capt. James Holden Phillips, Jr., later divorcing. She worked for the Texas Highway Department seven years and was Chief Journalist, quitting upon her marriage to James Rutland on December 10, 1962. They lived in Austin and Round Rock and began restoring old houses. After James' death she restored 38 houses in Round Rock and on a ranch in Dripping Springs. When living in Round Rock she was on the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Home Charter Commission, which gave Round Rock its jump from small town to city.
She was a member of the Junior League of Austin, Colonial Dames, Settlement Club, Headliners Club, life member of the Texas Exes, English Speaking Union, Open Forum and over 50 years in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Preceding her in death were her parents Col. Ross and Helen Irvin, her brother General Jefferson J. Irvin, and husband James Rutland.
Surviving are nephews Ross and Jeff Irvin and niece Julia Irvin Robinson, and next generation: Jefferson Ross Irvin, Helen Irvin, and Lia Irvin. Also, from the Rutland side: Ann Hardwicke Moody, Martha Moody DeGrasse, Mary Hardwicke Townsend, Frances Townsend Gilman, Charles Moody, and all beloved in-laws.
After a private family burial, the funeral service for Harriet will be held at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (3201 Windsor Road) at 2:30 pm on Friday, December 10. Mourners should please, in lieu of sending flowers, send a donation to a charity of choice.
Dignity Memorial website 7 December 2021
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Note: I met Harriet in Dallas in 1975, and moved to Austin a year later. I liked Harriet and wished to contact but had no address. I called the Postmaster in Round Rock to ask for her contact information. "Everybody knows Mrs. Rutland. Just address your letter 'Harriet Rutland, Round Rock, Texas.'" In the 1970 US Population, the town had a population of 2811, and in 2020 it was 133,000. She also had a flat in London for a time. P.F.M
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