Ruth Elizabeth Thompson and Cliffe Monroe Ruggles

CLIFFE MONROE RUGGLES was born November 10, 1885 in Ashland, Cass, Illinois,^{8, 1675} and died December 8, 1955 in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana.^{1263, 4931} He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana.^{1263, 4931}

He married RUTH ELIZABETH THOMPSON on November 10, 1913 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana,^{92, 1675} daughter of IDA LORINDA CHAPMAN and WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON. She was born March 4, 1889 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana,^{122, 1675} and died March 16, 1968 in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹

• Descendant Reports
  • William H. Thompson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth E. Thompson)
  • Alexander Blair Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth E. Thompson)

Children of RUTH ELIZABETH THOMPSON and CLIFFE MONROE RUGGLES:

1. VIRGINIA C. RUGGLES, b. January 13, 1918, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana;^{4931, 1264} m. ROBERT D. TANNER on August 29, 1940¹²⁶⁴; d. July 9, 1984, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana.^{4931, 1264}
2. WILLIAM A. RUGGLES, b. September 17, 1921, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ m. BETTY JANE WIEGAND on April 11, 1943 in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana⁸⁷⁹⁰; d. April 14, 1996, Pilgrim Manor Nursing Center, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹



Personal Information

• Ruth Elizabeth Thompson was a member of the Plymouth Presbyterian Church, Marshall County, Indiana. ¹¹⁸¹⁰

Obituaries

Union-Times, December 10, 1955¹²⁶³

Former Warsaw Merchant Dies At Plymouth

Cliffe Ruggles, 70, prominent Plymouth business man, formerly of Warsaw, died Thursday at 4:28 p. m. in the Parkview hospital, Plymouth.

Mr. Ruggles while in Warsaw owned and operated a drug store located in the building back of Philipson's clothing store on East Market street.

He was a member of the Presbyterian church and Masonic lodge of Plymouth. He married Ruth E. Thompson Nov. 10, 1913, in Warsaw. She survives him.

Other survivors include: one son, William A., Plymouth; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Tanner, also of Plymouth; four grandchildren; one brother, Fred Ruggles, Solana Beach, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Lola Elliott, of Laurel, Mont.

Mrs. Edna Deckard, and Herbert Thompson, of Warsaw, are sister and brother-in-law.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. (CST) at Johnson and Son funeral home, Plymouth. Rev. T. L. Paul will officiate. Burial will be in New Oak Park cemetery in that city. Friends will be received at the funeral home.

South Bend Tribune, March 17, 1968¹¹⁸¹⁰

Mrs. Ruth Ruggles

PLYMOUTH — Mrs. Ruth Ruggles, 79, of 111 Webster Ave., died in Parkview Hospital at 10:45 a.m. Saturday after a three-month illness. She was born March 4, 1889, in Richmond. She lived in Plymouth since 1914. Her husband, Cliffe M. Ruggles, died in 1955. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Tanner of Plymouth; a son, William A., also of Plymouth; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Johnson Funeral Home, Rev. James Campbell of the Plymouth Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m today.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 18, 1900112	Spring Grove, Wayne, Indiana	William Henry Thompson Ida Lorinda Chapman Charles Herbert Thompson Edna B. Thompson Ruth Elizabeth Thompson
April 18, 1910964	Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana	William Henry Thompson Ida Lorinda Chapman Ruth Elizabeth Thompson
January 6, 19201771	Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana	Ruth Elizabeth Thompson Cliffe Monroe Ruggles Virginia C. Ruggles
April 2, 1930968	Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana	Ruth Elizabeth Thompson Cliffe Monroe Ruggles Virginia C. Ruggles William A. Ruggles
April 9, 19402522	Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana	Ruth Elizabeth Thompson Cliffe Monroe Ruggles Virginia C. Ruggles William A. Ruggles