Ruth Irene Wimmer

Ruth Irene Wimmer
(1919-1998)

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Ruth Irene Wimmer

Born: 22 Aug 1919, Chester Co, PA ²
Marriage (1): Earl Edward Bland on 24 Dec 1940 in Roanoke (City), VA ¹
Died: 26 Jan 1998, Rockingham Co., VA at age 78 ²

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• Obituary: The Daily News Record. RUTH IRENE WIMMER BLAND SICELOFF

Widow of 1) Earl E. Bland and, 2) Greer Siceloff.

Ruth Bland Siceloff, 78, Harrisonburg, died Monday, Jan. 26, 1998, at Avante Nursing Home in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Siceloff was born Aug. 22, 1919, in Lincoln University, Pa., and was the daughter of the late Valentine and Augusta Blankenship Wimmer.

She moved to the area 26 years ago from Roanoke. She was a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church, the Wayland Womens Club, the Shenandoah Valley Choral Society and the Roanoke Valley Chorus. She also belonged to the Roanoke County Republican Women's Club and the Timber Ridge Extension Homemaker's Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Greer Siceloff.

Surviving are one son, Chris Bland of Montezuma; one daughter, B. J. Westervelt, Winchester; two sisters, Nettie Beall and Evy Day, both of York, Pa.; and three grandchildren.

The Rev. Don Hawks will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Bethany United Methodist Church. A private burial will be at St. Paul's Cemetery near Weyers Cave.

The family will receive friends at the church following the service.

Ruth married Earl Edward Bland, son of Glenn Cebert Bland and Sibbie Lenora Comer, on 24 Dec 1940 in Roanoke (City), VA.¹ (Earl Edward Bland was born on 5 Apr 1915 in Grayson Co, VA ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ and died on 31 Oct 1962 in Augusta Co, VA ² ⁵.)

1 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, U.S., Marriages Records, 1936-2014" (Richmond, Virgnia; Virginia Marriages, 1936 - 2014; Roll 101144425, Ancestry.com, (database on-line, Provo,UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2015), Surety: 3.

2 Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

3 Virginia Department of Health, "In the Virgiia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richamond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operatons, Inc.), Surety: 3.

4 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

5 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, Deaths, 1912 -2014" (Richmong, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.

Ruth Irene Wimmer

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