Ruth Ulland Todd saw three centuries, which she ascribed to good genes, a loving, attentive family and enough money to live comfortably.
Mrs. Todd died March 9 at the Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community. She was 107 and the oldest resident at the retirement home.
Though she lived through many changes, her son, Dr. Thomas U. Todd, said she adjusted exceedingly well.
"When you think back about what was happening in the early 20th century it is amazing the changes she saw," Thomas said. "She saw the invention of cars, planes, ... computers. She was a good adapter to life's changes that came up."
She was born in 1899 in Clifton and completed all of her schooling on Clifton Avenue: Clifton Elementary School, Hughes High School and the University of Cincinnati, where she graduated in 1922 and was a member of Tri-Delta sorority.
She was a member of Episcopal churches in the neighborhoods where she lived: Calvary in Clifton; Grace Episcopal in College Hill; and Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Hyde Park.
She was president of the Cincinnati Woman's Club in the 1940s when it learned that the city was planning to run Interstate 71 through their headquarters on Oak Street. She spent hours at City Hall trying to convince City Council to reroute the highway. Lytle Tunnel was the solution.
Mrs. Todd was also president of the College Club of Cincinnati and served on the board of the YWCA.
She loved to go to Neahtawanta, Mich., where she and her husband kept a summer cottage.
"She always enjoyed that very much," her son said. "She went up there until she was 100."
For the last 22 years, Mrs. Todd lived at the Marjorie P. Lee home, where "she loved all of the people," Todd said
Mrs. Todd loved family gatherings, where she was the life of the party. "Everyone loved her," Todd said. "She was a very outgoing and happy person."
Her husband, Samuel Pogue Todd, died in 1979. He was the co-owner of Todd Brothers, a high-end clothing retailer on 4th Street.
In addition to Thomas, she is survived by children, Elizabeth T. Landen and Samuel P. Todd; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Todd died March 9 at the Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community. She was 107 and the oldest resident at the retirement home.
Though she lived through many changes, her son, Dr. Thomas U. Todd, said she adjusted exceedingly well.
"When you think back about what was happening in the early 20th century it is amazing the changes she saw," Thomas said. "She saw the invention of cars, planes, ... computers. She was a good adapter to life's changes that came up."
She was born in 1899 in Clifton and completed all of her schooling on Clifton Avenue: Clifton Elementary School, Hughes High School and the University of Cincinnati, where she graduated in 1922 and was a member of Tri-Delta sorority.
She was a member of Episcopal churches in the neighborhoods where she lived: Calvary in Clifton; Grace Episcopal in College Hill; and Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Hyde Park.
She was president of the Cincinnati Woman's Club in the 1940s when it learned that the city was planning to run Interstate 71 through their headquarters on Oak Street. She spent hours at City Hall trying to convince City Council to reroute the highway. Lytle Tunnel was the solution.
Mrs. Todd was also president of the College Club of Cincinnati and served on the board of the YWCA.
She loved to go to Neahtawanta, Mich., where she and her husband kept a summer cottage.
"She always enjoyed that very much," her son said. "She went up there until she was 100."
For the last 22 years, Mrs. Todd lived at the Marjorie P. Lee home, where "she loved all of the people," Todd said
Mrs. Todd loved family gatherings, where she was the life of the party. "Everyone loved her," Todd said. "She was a very outgoing and happy person."
Her husband, Samuel Pogue Todd, died in 1979. He was the co-owner of Todd Brothers, a high-end clothing retailer on 4th Street.
In addition to Thomas, she is survived by children, Elizabeth T. Landen and Samuel P. Todd; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Ruth Ulland Todd saw three centuries, which she ascribed to good genes, a loving, attentive family and enough money to live comfortably.
Mrs. Todd died March 9 at the Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community. She was 107 and the oldest resident at the retirement home.
Though she lived through many changes, her son, Dr. Thomas U. Todd, said she adjusted exceedingly well.
"When you think back about what was happening in the early 20th century it is amazing the changes she saw," Thomas said. "She saw the invention of cars, planes, ... computers. She was a good adapter to life's changes that came up."
She was born in 1899 in Clifton and completed all of her schooling on Clifton Avenue: Clifton Elementary School, Hughes High School and the University of Cincinnati, where she graduated in 1922 and was a member of Tri-Delta sorority.
She was a member of Episcopal churches in the neighborhoods where she lived: Calvary in Clifton; Grace Episcopal in College Hill; and Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Hyde Park.
She was president of the Cincinnati Woman's Club in the 1940s when it learned that the city was planning to run Interstate 71 through their headquarters on Oak Street. She spent hours at City Hall trying to convince City Council to reroute the highway. Lytle Tunnel was the solution.
Mrs. Todd was also president of the College Club of Cincinnati and served on the board of the YWCA.
She loved to go to Neahtawanta, Mich., where she and her husband kept a summer cottage.
"She always enjoyed that very much," her son said. "She went up there until she was 100."
For the last 22 years, Mrs. Todd lived at the Marjorie P. Lee home, where "she loved all of the people," Todd said
Mrs. Todd loved family gatherings, where she was the life of the party. "Everyone loved her," Todd said. "She was a very outgoing and happy person."
Her husband, Samuel Pogue Todd, died in 1979. He was the co-owner of Todd Brothers, a high-end clothing retailer on 4th Street.
In addition to Thomas, she is survived by children, Elizabeth T. Landen and Samuel P. Todd; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Todd died March 9 at the Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community. She was 107 and the oldest resident at the retirement home.
Though she lived through many changes, her son, Dr. Thomas U. Todd, said she adjusted exceedingly well.
"When you think back about what was happening in the early 20th century it is amazing the changes she saw," Thomas said. "She saw the invention of cars, planes, ... computers. She was a good adapter to life's changes that came up."
She was born in 1899 in Clifton and completed all of her schooling on Clifton Avenue: Clifton Elementary School, Hughes High School and the University of Cincinnati, where she graduated in 1922 and was a member of Tri-Delta sorority.
She was a member of Episcopal churches in the neighborhoods where she lived: Calvary in Clifton; Grace Episcopal in College Hill; and Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Hyde Park.
She was president of the Cincinnati Woman's Club in the 1940s when it learned that the city was planning to run Interstate 71 through their headquarters on Oak Street. She spent hours at City Hall trying to convince City Council to reroute the highway. Lytle Tunnel was the solution.
Mrs. Todd was also president of the College Club of Cincinnati and served on the board of the YWCA.
She loved to go to Neahtawanta, Mich., where she and her husband kept a summer cottage.
"She always enjoyed that very much," her son said. "She went up there until she was 100."
For the last 22 years, Mrs. Todd lived at the Marjorie P. Lee home, where "she loved all of the people," Todd said
Mrs. Todd loved family gatherings, where she was the life of the party. "Everyone loved her," Todd said. "She was a very outgoing and happy person."
Her husband, Samuel Pogue Todd, died in 1979. He was the co-owner of Todd Brothers, a high-end clothing retailer on 4th Street.
In addition to Thomas, she is survived by children, Elizabeth T. Landen and Samuel P. Todd; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
