Name: Death and reported burial of Della Ruth, 1959
Start: 1959-12-14
End: 1959-12-14
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1959-12-14
Kind: Burial
Participants: Della Ruth (deceased)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: demographyheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1960 Beaver Beacon reported that Della Ruth died in Des Moines on December 14, 1959, and was buried in Lone Tree, Iowa.

Evidence and limits

The reported burial is not independently verified here; no funeral, civil, or cemetery record is held.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1960, death notices.
Reports Mrs. Della Ruth’s December 14, 1959 death in Des Moines, Iowa, burial in Lone Tree, Iowa, and connection to Beaver Island summers. It does not provide a funeral date, civil record, or independent cemetery record.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Death and reported burial of Della Ruth, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-and-burial-of-della-ruth-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1960, death notices. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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