Ruby Geneva Reeder

William B. Reeder
(1832-1914)

Martha J. Wiggins
(1840-1906)

James Cleveland Linn
(1844-1922)

Mary Carney
(1851-1940)

Frank Garfield Reeder
(1867-1942)

Mae L. Linn
(1881-1948)

Ruby Geneva Reeder
(1909-2013)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Clarence Floyd Streets

Ruby Geneva Reeder ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹

Born: 9 September 1909, Red Oak Township, Cedar County, IA ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹
Marriage (1): Clarence Floyd Streets on 23 February 1935 in Tipton, IA ¹ ² ³
Died: 25 July 2013, Cedar County, IA at age 103 ⁹
Buried: 29 July 2013, Tipton, IA ⁹

bullet General Notes:

Ruby was the first child to live into her adulthood. The previous 4 children of her parents all died in their infancy.
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Red Oak Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 29, Household 77
Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ruby G. Reeder..Daughter..0..IA

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Red Oak Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 33, Household 28
Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ruby G. Reeder..Daughter..10..IA

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Red Oak Township, Cedar County, IA on April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 20, Household 78, Roll 647
Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Ruby G. Reeder..Daughter..20..IA

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Cass Township, Jones, IA on 2 May 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 53-1, Household 82, Roll 1172
Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home rented, $9
Ruby G. Streets..Wife..30..Iowa..2 years college

(Living with husband and son.)
.

• Her obituary was published after 25 July 2013 in Tipton, IA. ⁹ Funeral services for Ruby Geneva Streets, 103, of Rochester who died Thursday, July 25, 2013, will be held Monday, July 29, 2013 at 10:30 am at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Rev. Norman Anderson will be officiating. There will be a visitation at Fry Funeral Home on Sunday, July 28, 2013 from 2-4 PM. Burial will be at Tipton Masonic Cemetery. A general memorial fund has been established in memory of Ruby.

Ruby was born September 9, 1909 in rural Cedar County, Iowa to Frank Garfield and Mae Linn Reeder. She was a 1927 graduate of Tipton High School and 1930 graduate of Tipton Community Junior College. She taught school in Cedar County from 1930 - 1935. On February 23, 1935 she was united in marriage to Clarence Floyd Streets in Tipton. Ruby lived on a farm all of her life and was a devoted farm wife. She was later employed at the Cove Restaurant for approximately 30 years. Ruby was a member of the Rochester United Methodist Church, UMW, Rochester Homemakers, Grange, and the Rochester Kitchen Band.

Ruby is survived by her sons; Larry (Jeannie) Streets of West Branch, Iowa, Robert (Karen) Streets of Letts, Iowa, Russell (Frances) Streets of Morning Sun, Iowa; 7 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren; and several step grandchildren, step great grandchildren and step great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings, and daughter in law, Karen Streets.

(Source: Unknown newspaper, Jul 2013)
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• She was buried on 29 July 2013 in the Masonic Cemetery in Tipton, IA.

Plot: Sect D-2 Row 10

Find A Grave Memorial #114416579
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Ruby married Clarence Floyd Streets, son of Ernest Floyd Streets and Sadie Jane Edwards, on 23 February 1935 in Tipton, IA.² ³ ⁴ (Clarence Floyd Streets was born on 11 October 1911 in Iron Hill, IA,² ³ ⁴ ¹⁰ ¹¹ died on 2 July 1966 in Rochester Township, Cedar County, IA ⁴ ¹⁰ ¹¹ and was buried after 2 July 1966 in Tipton, IA ⁴ ¹¹.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Cass Township, Jones, IA on 2 May 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 53-1, Household 82, Roll 1172
Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home rented, $9
Clarence F. Streets..Head..28..Iowa..6th grade..Farmer
Ruby G. Streets..Wife..30..Iowa..2 years college
Larry T. Streets..Son..0..Iowa
Nancy H. Napier..Lodger..23..Iowa
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1 Yvonne Linn, Fulton, Missouri [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail, Several messages exchanged during January and February of 2002; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA; E-mail messages regarding the Linn and Darner families. Yvonne is the great granddaughter of Andrew D. Linn

2 "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674842 : accessed 17 Jan 2014), Name: Clarence Floyd Streets; Spouse's Name: Ruby Geneva Reeder; Event Date: 23 Feb 1935; Event Place: Tipton, Iowa.

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 53-1, sheet 5A, household 82, Clarence Floyd Streets and Ruby Geneva Reeder; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1172.

4 Yvonne Linn, Fulton, Missouri [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail, Several messages exchanged during January and February of 2002; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.

5 "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821206 : accessed 17 Jan 2014), Name: Ruby G Reeder; Event Date: 09 Sep 1909; Event Place: Red Oak Twp, Cedar, Iowa.

6 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4B, family 77, Frank Garfield Reeder and Mae L. Linn; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

7 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 2A, family 28, Frank Garfield Reeder and Mae L. Linn; index and images (accessed 15 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

8 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Red Oak Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 0020, sheet 4A, family 78, Frank Garfield Reeder and Mae L. Linn; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 647.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 12 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114416579.

10 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 17 Jan 2014), Name: Clarence Streets; Event Date: July 1966.

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 17 Jan 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117066987.

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