Applegate - Ruth Biddle
RUTH BIDDLE APPLEGATE
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 11 Nov 1964 p 12 typed by Walt W
WAYNETOWN -- Mrs. Ruth Applegate, 67, died at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at a Crawfordsville nursing home six hours after funeral services for her mother, Mrs. Maggie Biddle. Mrs. Applegate had been ill since 1959 and seriously ill one week. She was born May 4, 1897, to John W. and Maggie Gray Biddle. She married Harry L. Applegate March 9, 1916, in Waynetown. He preceded her in death in 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Applegate lived on a farm in Waynetown, where they operated a restaurant for a number of years. Mrs. Applegate lived in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Ping of 307 Meadow Ave. in Crawfordsville, since 1956. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Crawfordsville. She is survived by the one daughter, Mrs. Ping; two grandchildren, Don and Patty Ping; one niece, Betty Lou Thompson of Aurora, Colo. She was preceded in death by her husband; one brother, Jesse Biddle; and one sister, Mrs. May Connor. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown. Rev. Myron Hinton will officiate. Burial will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 13 Nov 1964 p 3 typed by Walt W
WAYNETOWN — Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Applegate were held at the Servies Funeral Home Thursday morning with Rev. Myron Hinton officiating. Mrs. Nellie Snyder played organ music with requested numbers, "Going Home," "Take My Hand and Lead Me Home," "Beyond the Sunset" and "Sunrise Tomorrow." Serving as pallbearers and assisting with the flowers were Philip Biddle, Walter Harlan, Albert Puzey, Perry Patter, Leroy Crippen and Walter Runyan. Burial was in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Applegate, a former resident, was a member of Waynetown Chapter No. 435, Order of Eastern Star, which posthumously awarded to her a 25-year membership pin Tuesday evening.