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Ruth Joan Blancett

Female 1920 - 2007  (86 years)


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  • Name Ruth Joan Blancett  [1, 2, 3
    Born 6 Dec 1920  Mounds, Pulaski County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Feb 2007  Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Shown on the Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., she was a daughter of William L. BLANCETT and Marjorie JONES.

      Obituary from her FindAGrave Memorial page, created by Carole McCaig:

      RUTH JOAN CROCKER, 86, of Memphis, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis. She was a member of Park Avenue Church of Christ. Mrs. Crocker graduated from the Methodist School of Nursing, and enlisted as a nurse in the Army Air Force. She was assigned to the base hospital on Randolph Field, located in San Antonio, TX during WWII, where she was a nurse 1st. Lt. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, George H. Crocker. Mrs. Crocker is also survived by her daughter, Gwynn and her husband John Kemmerzehl; one nephew, Michael and his wife, Susan Grogan; one niece, Gail and her husband Chris Poindexter. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, February 16, at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to The American Diabetes Association or donor's choice. Memorial Park Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal 2/15/2007)
    Person ID I3839  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2021 

    Family George Harvey Crocker,   b. 2 Jul 1920, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 5 Apr 1946  Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Art Peck writes that they had one daughter, Gwyn Marie.
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2008 
    Family ID F2188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Apr 1946 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Feb 2007 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S1832] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 47328531 (Reliability: 3).