Eurena Ruthruff's Birthday

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Howard Courant
April 28, 1932


Mrs. Eurena Ruthruff of Elk Falls, celebrated her 86th birthday last Sunday, April 24th, two days later than her actual birthday, which occurred on the 22nd.

She was born in Millwood, Knox county, Ohio, in 1846, was married to Chester Ruthruff at the close of the Civil War and with her husband and four small children came to Kansas in a covered wagon in 1870, locating and homesteading what is now the Barber farm near Elk Falls, her husband hewing the logs to make their first home and in this log house two of their children were born, Claude and Gertrude.

In 1877 they moved to Elk Falls, where her husband, Chester Ruthruff, died in 1909 and where she has since resided, living alone and in the same house for 55 years.

She is the mother of eight children, five girls and three boys, all of whom are living, except Claude who died in 1926.  She has 32 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.  At one time there were living five generations in this family. At present there are four.

Mrs. Ruthruff is a very active woman for one of her age, doing all her own housework and tending a small vegetable and flower garden.

A son Clem Ruthruff of Independence, Kansas, and a sister, Mrs. Olive Stout also had birthdays on this same day.

A big turkey dinner with all the good things that go with it, was served by her daughters at 12 o'clock and enjoyed by the following persons:  Mrs. Nola Chapman nee Giles of Oklahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hannigan and son of Coffeyville, Kansas, Mrs. Audine Sherbenou and Mr. Kirkpatrick of Wichita, Kansas, Mrs. Olive Stout of Elk Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Ruthruff of Independence, Kansas, Mrs. Nettie Lambert of Winfield, Kansas, and Mrs. Gertrude Walker and son Bill of Howard, Kansas.  A number of old friends called during the day bringing flowers and wishing Mrs. Ruthruff, Mrs. Stout and Clem Ruthruff many happy returns of the day.------Rreporter.