Ruth Hughes, 82, Sterling and formerly of Olney, died at the Sterling Care Center at 12:55 p.m. Tuesday.
She was-born in Dubuque County, Iowa on Sept. 28, 1897, daughter of John C. and Galdys (Beeks) Parrott. She married Roy Hughes on July 15, 1922, and he preceded her in death.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the 8 et 40 Jasper-Richland Salon, Richland Auxiliary 466, a charter member and past president of the Noble American Legion Auxiliary 572.
She is survived by three sons, Glenn and Keith Hughes, both of Freeport, and Galen Hughes, Morrison; two daughters, Gladys Pense, Sterling and Arlene McDaniel, Shreveport, La.; a sister, Lula Gehl
Clinton, Iowa.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, and an infant daughter.
Services for Mrs. Hughes will be Friday at 10:30 a.m in the Summers Funeral Home with Rev. Phillip Gardner presiding. Visitation is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the Greenhill Cemetery, southwest of Noble.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) January 1980
Ruth Hughes, 82, Sterling and formerly of Olney, died at the Sterling Care Center at 12:55 p.m. Tuesday.
She was-born in Dubuque County, Iowa on Sept. 28, 1897, daughter of John C. and Galdys (Beeks) Parrott. She married Roy Hughes on July 15, 1922, and he preceded her in death.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the 8 et 40 Jasper-Richland Salon, Richland Auxiliary 466, a charter member and past president of the Noble American Legion Auxiliary 572.
She is survived by three sons, Glenn and Keith Hughes, both of Freeport, and Galen Hughes, Morrison; two daughters, Gladys Pense, Sterling and Arlene McDaniel, Shreveport, La.; a sister, Lula Gehl
Clinton, Iowa.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, and an infant daughter.
Services for Mrs. Hughes will be Friday at 10:30 a.m in the Summers Funeral Home with Rev. Phillip Gardner presiding. Visitation is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the Greenhill Cemetery, southwest of Noble.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) January 1980
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