Ruby May Whitaker

Female, #387, b. 6 December 1911, d. 18 August 1997
Ruby May Whitaker|b. 6 Dec 1911\nd. 18 Aug 1997|p382.htm|Charles Herbert Whitaker|b. 27 Jul 1865\nd. 8 Feb 1941|p297.htm|Orra May Hale|b. 18 Jan 1880\nd. 23 Jan 1959|p377.htm|Amos Whitaker|b. 11 Sep 1830\nd. 28 Oct 1900|p267.htm|Mary A. Delvy|b. 31 Mar 1847\nd. 7 Mar 1894|p268.htm|||||||

Relationship=3rd great-granddaughter of Peter Delvee.
     Ruby May Whitaker was born on 6 December 1911 at Gill, Massachusetts.1,3,2 She was the daughter of Charles Herbert Whitaker and Orra May Hale.1,2 Ruby May Whitaker graduated in 1929 at Powers Institute, Bernardston, Massachusetts.1 Ruby married Kenneth North, son of James North and Nellie unknown Stafford.1 According to her obituary, "She was an operator at New England Telephone Co. for 18 years and a teacher in the Gill schools for many years, retiring in 1972. She was a 60-year-plus member of the Bernardston Unitarian Church. She has been the church's organ player, choir director, a Sunday School teacher and a trustee. She was a member of the Sylvan-Rebekah Lodge 87 of Greenfield and an assistant librarian with the Cushman Library from 1925 to 1931. She also was a member of the First United Methodist Bernardston Church of Greenfield and the retired teachers association. She enjoyed playing the organ, both for the church and for herself.4" Ruby May Whitaker died on Monday, 18 August 1997 at Greenfield, Massachusetts, at age 85 years, 8 months and 12 days.3,1,5 Ruby was buried at Bernardston, Massachusetts.6
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Tribe of Peter

Children of Ruby May Whitaker and Kenneth North

Citations

  1. Athol Daily News, Athol, Massachusetts, 27 August 1997.
  2. Reunion Report. 1887 - 1988. Delvee Family Records, Warwick, Massachusetts.
  3. Social Security Death Benefit Records, 1937 - date. Utah: Automated Archives. Inc., 2004.
  4. Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Massachusetts, 21 August 1997.
  5. Delvee Reunion Notes. 24 June 2001. Roy Genealogical Collection, 714 Birch Court, Herndon, Virginia.
  6. North, Wayne K., letter. 26 January 2005, from Leominster, Massachusetts, to Roy, Robert A.. Roy Genealogical Collection; 714 Birch Court, Herndon, Virginia.