HAROLD and RUTH LEATHERMAN, 1986
20th Century Publications
HAROLD and RUTH LEATHERMAN, 1986
20th Century Publications
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died-2004
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Homemaker
Blood Donation Volunteer
Ruth Ellen Leatherman was born on October 13, 1912 in Toledo, Ohio to Mary Ward and Charles McDonald. Her brother is John McDonald.
Ruth met Harold Leatherman (Garden Wall Niche 1B) at the Bostwick-Braun Company in Toledo, Ohio. They were married on October 12, 1940. Their daughters are Susan Bush, Mary Pope, and Carol Kabakoff.
She was a Red Cross Blood Donation recruitment volunteer for 25 years. She also volunteered at St. Lukes Hospital in Maumee, Ohio.
Ruth was a member of Waterville's Profit and Pleasure Club, Historic Society, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Maumee, Ohio.
She enjoyed sewing, knitting caps for babies born in the former Riverside Hospital of Toledo, Ohio.
Ruth died at the Hospice of Northwest Ohio on September 26, 2004 in Toledo, Ohio.
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