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Household of Ruth Lura Sprague

She is married to Joseph Homer Bowles.

They got married on July 31, 1938 at Universalist Chr., No. Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co., OH, she was 21 years old.

Joseph Homer Ebel oo Ruth L. Sprague

Marriage source: Ebel, Ruth, Obituary, MCMXCV

Navorska, Rose, day-book started in 1948, (Olmsted Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH, LRBEN, ca. MCMLX)

Cuyahoga County Probate Ct Marriage Index, (Cleveland OH, CCPCMI, vi Jul MMI) on their web site.

'Bride: SPRAGUE, RUTH L Groom: EBEL, JOE H Vol 181 Page 405'

Guenther, Wm Allan, Talk with David A. Navorska, (Irving TX, WAG, xxvi Sep MMI)

Al said he learnt Uncle Joe & Aunt Ruth were married at the Universalist Chr. in N. Olmsted from Joe & Ruth's 50th wedding anniversary. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Judith Lee Ebel  1939-2008 
  2. Robert George Ebel  1943-1992 


Notes about Ruth Lura Sprague

Ruth Lura Sprague

Sources: Author: Sine, Beth; Title: Tel. call to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Ashland, OH, Publisher: BLNS, Publication date: xiv Mar MCMXCV)

Beth called 14 Mar 1995 to say Aunt Ruth died last night of an heart attack.

Funeral card for Aunt Ruth,

"In Memory of Ruth L. Ebel Date of Birth March 12, 1917 Date of Death March 14, 1995 Funeral Service 11:00 AM Thursday March 16, 1995 Wise Funeral Home Officiating Clergy Pastor Don Brown Interment St. Paul's Lutheran Church CemeteryIn Charge of Services Wise Funeral Service Bucyrus, Ohio"

The card was sent by Beth Sine. She marks the location of St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery as being in Bucyrus, OH. Uncle Joe says the cemetery is about eleven miles north of Bucyrus.

Obituary in an unknown newspaper serving Bucyrus, OH

"Ruth. L. Ebel March 12, 1917 - March 14, 1995

Ruth L. Ebel, 78, Charlotte Street, died at 12:37 a.m. today in Bucyrus [OH] Community Hospital.

She was born in North Olmstead [OH] to Percy and Thora (Peterson) Sprague. She was married July 31, 1938, to Joseph H. Ebel, who survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Judith L. Rehm of Bucyrus, four grandchildren, Wendy Guimond of Marietta, Suzanne Longsworth of Cambridge, R. Joseph Ebel of Marion and Amy Slagle of Bucyrus, a brother, William Sprague of Bethesda, Md., andtwo sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Esther) Wohlever of North Ridgeville and Kathryn Walsh of North Olmstead. Preceding her in death were a son, Robert G. Ebel, and a brother, Lloyd Sprague.

A homemaker, Mrs. Ebel lived in Galion for 18 years before moving to Bucyrus 22 years ago. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sulphur Springs.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Wise Funeral Home. Pastor Don Brown will officiate with burial in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the church through the funeral home."

Sulphur Springs is a small village south-east of St. Paul's Lutheran Church & cem. in Liberty Township. I doubt Sulphur Spgs. is incorporated. - D.A. Navorska, v May MCMXCVI - Irving, TX

Author: Hanna, Jackie; Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication location: Egatrop MI, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xxvii Feb MMXI)

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I5567

"... Ruth Lura SPRAGUE Sex: F Birth: 12 MAR 1917 in North Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio

Census: 1930 Percy Sprague HH, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio

Death: 14 MAR 1995 in Bucyrus, Crawford Co, Ohio Change Date: 27 FEB 2011

Father: Percy William SPRAGUE b: 13 JUN 1890 in North Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio
Mother: Thora M. PETERSON b: ABT 1892 in Conway Springs, Sumner Co, Kansas

Marriage 1 Joseph Homer EBEL b: 24 MAY 1907 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio Married:"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruth Lura Sprague

Thora M. Peterson
± 1892-1967

Ruth Lura Sprague
1917-1995

1938

Joseph Homer Bowles
1907-1999

Judith Lee Ebel
1939-2008
Robert George Ebel
1943-1992

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Historical events

Birthday March 12, 1917

  • The temperature on March 12, 1917 was between 2.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
    • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
    • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
    • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.

Day of marriage July 31, 1938

  • The temperature on July 31, 1938 was between 12.5 °C and 29.9 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
    • February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
    • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
    • November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
    • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death March 14, 1995

  • The temperature on March 14, 1995 was between -0.4 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • March 14 » Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
    • March 20 » The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
    • August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
    • September 22 » The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
    • October 15 » Saddam Hussein is reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
    • December 14 » Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Day of burial March 16, 1995

  • The temperature on March 16, 1995 was between 0.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The World Trade Organization comes into being.
    • February 7 » Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
    • March 31 » Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas after accusations of Saldívar embezzling money from Selena's fan club.
    • July 18 » On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
    • August 4 » Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
    • October 16 » The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.


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