MAFFITT, Ruby Young
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, October 9, 1975
COVINGTON - Mrs. Ruby Maffitt, 80, former resident of the Covington-Danville, Ill., area, died Tuesday evening at Kissimmee, Fla., after being ill since last Friday. She worked for the Sugar Creek Creamery at Danville for 23 years before moving to Florida in 1948 where she worked for the Dade County Board of Public Instruction for 13 years. She retired in 1966. Mrs. Maffitt was a member of Lakeside Chapter, Order of Eastern Star at Miami, Fla. Born Oct. 1, 1895, at Deactur, Ill., she was a daughter of Maurice M. and Blanche Claypool Young. The family moved to a farm east of Covington in 1906. She married Earl M. Maffitt on Nov. 11, 1922. He survives. Also surviving is a brother, William C. Young of Covington; and four sisters, Elva Hornaday and Clara Ratcliff of Covington, Myra Coffing of Newtown and Lucille Cunningham of Wallace. A brother and sister are deceased. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in DeVerter Funeral Home at Covington with the Rev. Robert H. Miller officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. - jlr
Source: Covington Friend Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1975
Covington, Ind.—Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 11, 1975) at the DeVerter Funeral Home for Mrs. Ruby Young Maffitt, 80, a former Covington and Danville area resident. She died Tuesday (Oct. 7, 1975) at Kissimmee, Fla.
The Rev. Robert H. Miller officiated with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Covington.
Mrs. Maffitt was born Oct. 1, 1895, in Decatur, Ill., the daughter of Maurice M. and Blanche Claypool Young. The family moved to a farm near Covington in 1906. On Nov. 11, 1922, she was married to Earl M. Maffitt at her parents home. He survives.
Other survivors include a brother, William C. Young of Covington; and four sisters, Mrs. Elva Hornaday and Mrs. Clara Ratcliff, both of Covington, Mrs. Myra Coffing of Newtown and Mrs. Lucille Cunningham of Wallace.
A brother and a sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Maffitt worked for the Sugar Creek Creamery in Danville, Ill., for 23 years. In 1948, she and her husband moved to Florida where she worked for the Dade County Board of Public Instruction in Miami for 13 years. She retired in 1966.
She was a member of the Lakeside Chapter Order of Eastern Star in Miami. – thanks to S