ruby and ditty

Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana - Ruby P. Fox: "Ruby P. Fox
Sept. 7, 1929 - May 20, 2009
Ruby P. Fox, 95, Tipton, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at Tipton Hospital. She was born in Jasper County on Sept. 22, 1913, to Clyde Madison and Dora Ellen (Price) Burris. Ruby married Ditty Plake on Sept. 7, 1929, and he passed away on Aug. 18, 1983. She married Ernest A. Fox in 1963, and he passed away in 1996.

Ruby had attended Ash Street Wesleyan Church in Tipton and Family Worship Center of Kokomo. She retired in 1976 from F.M.C. with more than 30 years of service.

She is survived by her children, Ruby J. and husband Albert Earl Wylie, Celina, Tenn., Earl A. and wife Cyrilynk Plake, Burkburnett, Texas, Sherri A. and husband James L. Osborn, Tipton, Arletta L. and husband Paul R. Baxter, Tipton, Charles W. and wife Carol E. Plake, Tipton, and Vickie and husband Fred J. Dickey, Frankfort; a daughter-in-law, Cassandra Plake, Goldsmith; sister, Dorris Tirey, Westfield; and a brother, Richard Burris, Tipton. She is also survived by 25 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Jack E. Plake; five sisters and two brothers.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Porter Funeral Home, Tipton, with Pastor Jim Bradley officiating. Burial will be in Normanda Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association"



I like this one simply because she married a guy named ditty. I hope they were happy because his name would make arguments a little difficult.

spatula, 3 cars, 1 rock & indiana jones

Those are the items I found while cleaning my fridge.

Who knew?

Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana - Robert Lamar Miller

This is one of my favorite obits. I wonder if his roommates in the nursing home knew who they were sharing a space with. I wonder if his neighbors knew he loved to travel and had seen more than most of us will experience. I wonder if the people he loved took advantage of the lessons he learned? I adore the way his marrige is described. I wonder if after all the years of his life, Robert Lamar Miller, still told his story.