Ruby was born in 1913 in Montgomery County, Iowa to Asa B. Bowen and Hattie Bernice Stoddard. Her paternal grandparents were Hiram J. Bowen and Susan Squires, and her maternal grandparents were Lyman B. Stoddard and Rhoda M. Douglass.
Ruby lived near Red Oak, Iowa until she was about 10 years old, around 1923. At that time she moved to Nebraska, living near Seward. In the 1930 census she is living with her parents and siblings in Butler County, Nebraska -- just north of Seward.
In 1931, Ruby was 18 years old -- her home life was not the best, as her mother left the family and a very short marriage didn't work out in Nebraska. Her uncle Clifton Stoddard was visiting his mother Rhoda and other relatives in Nebraska, and asked Ruby if she would like to come to his home state of Florida to visit for awhile. She made the trip, but ended up not returning for awhile.
In Florida, she married Berge Saunders in 1933, and lives intermittently between Miami and Key West over the next several years, and in the 1940s she divorced Berge and later in the decade marries Daniel McParland (who is interred next to her in Tavares Cemetery).
Daniel was in the military and the family moved around quite a bit, but eventually they settled down in south Florida and later in Lake County, Florida.
Ruby had three daughters and five grandchildren. Today (2012) she has 13 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Her first great-great grandchild was born the year that she passed away (2002).
Ruby was a sweet woman, and is sorely missed today.
-- Written by Brian McLaughlin
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL) - November 20, 2002
Deceased Name: Ruby Susan McParland
Ruby Susan McParland, 98, of Leesburg died Monday, Nov. 18, 2002. Born in Red Oak, Iowa, she lived in Florida in the 1930s, then returned again from South Dakota in 1961. During World War II, she inspected aircraft at Warner Robbins, Ga. In recent years, she was a Pink Lady at Florida Hospital Waterman. She was an avid traveler, often alone across country in her Toyota. Survivors include her daughters, Lorraine DeLand and Sharon McParland, both of Leesburg, and Teresa Davis of Umatilla; sister, Betty Dolan of North East, Pa.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg.
A memorial service for Ruby Susan McParland will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Leesburg. Her surviving five grandchildren are Darwin DeLand Jr. of Lake City, David DeLand of Tavares, Derek DeLand of Lady Lake, Lori McLaughlin of Tallahassee, and Danielle Davis of Umatilla. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL)
Date: November 20, 2002
Record Number: 11800
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Ruby lived near Red Oak, Iowa until she was about 10 years old, around 1923. At that time she moved to Nebraska, living near Seward. In the 1930 census she is living with her parents and siblings in Butler County, Nebraska -- just north of Seward.
In 1931, Ruby was 18 years old -- her home life was not the best, as her mother left the family and a very short marriage didn't work out in Nebraska. Her uncle Clifton Stoddard was visiting his mother Rhoda and other relatives in Nebraska, and asked Ruby if she would like to come to his home state of Florida to visit for awhile. She made the trip, but ended up not returning for awhile.
In Florida, she married Berge Saunders in 1933, and lives intermittently between Miami and Key West over the next several years, and in the 1940s she divorced Berge and later in the decade marries Daniel McParland (who is interred next to her in Tavares Cemetery).
Daniel was in the military and the family moved around quite a bit, but eventually they settled down in south Florida and later in Lake County, Florida.
Ruby had three daughters and five grandchildren. Today (2012) she has 13 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Her first great-great grandchild was born the year that she passed away (2002).
Ruby was a sweet woman, and is sorely missed today.
-- Written by Brian McLaughlin
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL) - November 20, 2002
Deceased Name: Ruby Susan McParland
Ruby Susan McParland, 98, of Leesburg died Monday, Nov. 18, 2002. Born in Red Oak, Iowa, she lived in Florida in the 1930s, then returned again from South Dakota in 1961. During World War II, she inspected aircraft at Warner Robbins, Ga. In recent years, she was a Pink Lady at Florida Hospital Waterman. She was an avid traveler, often alone across country in her Toyota. Survivors include her daughters, Lorraine DeLand and Sharon McParland, both of Leesburg, and Teresa Davis of Umatilla; sister, Betty Dolan of North East, Pa.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg.
A memorial service for Ruby Susan McParland will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Leesburg. Her surviving five grandchildren are Darwin DeLand Jr. of Lake City, David DeLand of Tavares, Derek DeLand of Lady Lake, Lori McLaughlin of Tallahassee, and Danielle Davis of Umatilla. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL)
Date: November 20, 2002
Record Number: 11800
Copyright, 2002, Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL), All Rights Reserved.
Ruby was born in 1913 in Montgomery County, Iowa to Asa B. Bowen and Hattie Bernice Stoddard. Her paternal grandparents were Hiram J. Bowen and Susan Squires, and her maternal grandparents were Lyman B. Stoddard and Rhoda M. Douglass.
Ruby lived near Red Oak, Iowa until she was about 10 years old, around 1923. At that time she moved to Nebraska, living near Seward. In the 1930 census she is living with her parents and siblings in Butler County, Nebraska -- just north of Seward.
In 1931, Ruby was 18 years old -- her home life was not the best, as her mother left the family and a very short marriage didn't work out in Nebraska. Her uncle Clifton Stoddard was visiting his mother Rhoda and other relatives in Nebraska, and asked Ruby if she would like to come to his home state of Florida to visit for awhile. She made the trip, but ended up not returning for awhile.
In Florida, she married Berge Saunders in 1933, and lives intermittently between Miami and Key West over the next several years, and in the 1940s she divorced Berge and later in the decade marries Daniel McParland (who is interred next to her in Tavares Cemetery).
Daniel was in the military and the family moved around quite a bit, but eventually they settled down in south Florida and later in Lake County, Florida.
Ruby had three daughters and five grandchildren. Today (2012) she has 13 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Her first great-great grandchild was born the year that she passed away (2002).
Ruby was a sweet woman, and is sorely missed today.
-- Written by Brian McLaughlin
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL) - November 20, 2002
Deceased Name: Ruby Susan McParland
Ruby Susan McParland, 98, of Leesburg died Monday, Nov. 18, 2002. Born in Red Oak, Iowa, she lived in Florida in the 1930s, then returned again from South Dakota in 1961. During World War II, she inspected aircraft at Warner Robbins, Ga. In recent years, she was a Pink Lady at Florida Hospital Waterman. She was an avid traveler, often alone across country in her Toyota. Survivors include her daughters, Lorraine DeLand and Sharon McParland, both of Leesburg, and Teresa Davis of Umatilla; sister, Betty Dolan of North East, Pa.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg.
A memorial service for Ruby Susan McParland will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Leesburg. Her surviving five grandchildren are Darwin DeLand Jr. of Lake City, David DeLand of Tavares, Derek DeLand of Lady Lake, Lori McLaughlin of Tallahassee, and Danielle Davis of Umatilla. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL)
Date: November 20, 2002
Record Number: 11800
Copyright, 2002, Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL), All Rights Reserved.
Ruby lived near Red Oak, Iowa until she was about 10 years old, around 1923. At that time she moved to Nebraska, living near Seward. In the 1930 census she is living with her parents and siblings in Butler County, Nebraska -- just north of Seward.
In 1931, Ruby was 18 years old -- her home life was not the best, as her mother left the family and a very short marriage didn't work out in Nebraska. Her uncle Clifton Stoddard was visiting his mother Rhoda and other relatives in Nebraska, and asked Ruby if she would like to come to his home state of Florida to visit for awhile. She made the trip, but ended up not returning for awhile.
In Florida, she married Berge Saunders in 1933, and lives intermittently between Miami and Key West over the next several years, and in the 1940s she divorced Berge and later in the decade marries Daniel McParland (who is interred next to her in Tavares Cemetery).
Daniel was in the military and the family moved around quite a bit, but eventually they settled down in south Florida and later in Lake County, Florida.
Ruby had three daughters and five grandchildren. Today (2012) she has 13 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Her first great-great grandchild was born the year that she passed away (2002).
Ruby was a sweet woman, and is sorely missed today.
-- Written by Brian McLaughlin
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL) - November 20, 2002
Deceased Name: Ruby Susan McParland
Ruby Susan McParland, 98, of Leesburg died Monday, Nov. 18, 2002. Born in Red Oak, Iowa, she lived in Florida in the 1930s, then returned again from South Dakota in 1961. During World War II, she inspected aircraft at Warner Robbins, Ga. In recent years, she was a Pink Lady at Florida Hospital Waterman. She was an avid traveler, often alone across country in her Toyota. Survivors include her daughters, Lorraine DeLand and Sharon McParland, both of Leesburg, and Teresa Davis of Umatilla; sister, Betty Dolan of North East, Pa.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg.
A memorial service for Ruby Susan McParland will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Leesburg. Her surviving five grandchildren are Darwin DeLand Jr. of Lake City, David DeLand of Tavares, Derek DeLand of Lady Lake, Lori McLaughlin of Tallahassee, and Danielle Davis of Umatilla. Beyers Funeral Home, Leesburg, is in charge of arrangements.
Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL)
Date: November 20, 2002
Record Number: 11800
Copyright, 2002, Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL), All Rights Reserved.
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