Miss Ruth Wilson – Second Grade Teacher

(1906-1997)

 

Idaho Press-Tribune - December 18, 1997

Ruth Wilson

            Ruth C. Wilson, 91, of Caldwell, died Wednesday, December 17, 1997, at a Boise retirement center. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m., Friday, December 19, 1997, at Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell. Rev. John Mars of the Caldwell United Methodist Church will officiate. Services are under the direction of Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.

            Ruth was born August 6, 1906, at Edna, Kansas to Joseph S. and Eva Lear Wilson. She moved to Caldwell with her parents and attended the College of Idaho, graduating in 1933. She taught school in rural schools in Canyon and Payette counties until 1965, when she retired. She was a member of the Methodist Church and had taught Sunday School classes and headed the Junior League for a number of years.

            Surviving are a niece, Shirley Driscoll of Nampa; and several great-nieces and nephews.