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- SAVAGE, RUTH ELIZABETH (MARQUAND) RUTH AND KEITH TOGETHER AGAIN Ruth Elizabeth Marquand Savage, born May 24, 1910, passed away peacefully in her home, December 25, 2003. She was 93. Born in Ogallah, Kansas to Mattie and Wesley Marquand. Her husband, Keith, preceded her in death on December 29, 2000 after 70 years of marriage. Ruth and Keith first met at the Holtville Methodist Church. Ruth and her family had comefrom Kansas to spend the winter in Holtville with her brothers. Cupid ' s arrow struck immediately. However, due to Ruth ' s young age (14), Mother Marquand would only allow them to see each other at choir practice. That was when Keith first developed an interest in music. Ruth enrolled in Holtville High School for the school year. At the end of the year, she and her family returned to Kansas. Ruth and Keith wrote to each other and began a courtship that lastedfor the next 6 years. They saw each other only once each year when Keith used his vacation to travel to Kansas. Finally Father and Mother Marquand gave their consent for a marriage which took place in Ogallah on August 6, 1930. The couple began their married life in Holtville where they resided until their deaths. They were blessed with two sons. Ruth, who had attended teachers college in Kansas, became a homemaker. This changed when WorId War II came along and Ruth was asked to teach in the elementary school. She taught for over 20 years, retiring to go traveling with Keith when he retired as president of the Holtville First National Bank. For the rest of her life she was fondly remembered by former students who would greet her warmly wherever she would go in Imperial Valley. Ruth leaves two sons and a daughter-in-law, Richard and wife Jacqueline of El Cajon, California, and Michael (wife Janice, deceased) of Cathedral City, California. In addition, she leaves fivegrandchildren, David Savage of La Jolla, California, Debbie Schwendinger (Daniel) of El Cajon, California; Michelle Leichtner (Marc) of Yucca Valley, California, twins, Shari Kint (Michael) of Peoria, Arizona, and Stacy Taylor of La Quinta, California. She also leaves fifteen great-grandchildren. Services to be held at the Holtville United Methodist Church, 225 West Seventh Street, Holtville, California, at 1 p.m., January 2, 2004. There will be a viewing at the church preceding the service, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hems Brothers Mortuary officiating.Please sign the guest book at obituaries.uniontrib.com Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 1/1/2004. (volunteer submission)
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1910 - 2003 (93 years)