SANDY RIDGE -- Mrs. Ruth W. Kennedy, 75, of Sandy Ridge died early Wednesday at her home after an extended illness.
She was born Dec. 31, 1898, at Hannah, a daughter of George and Leona (Price) Walk. She first married Earl P. Streightiff and later, on July, 26, 1950, married Louis Kennedy in Winchester, Va.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clarettta Cowher of Sandy Ridge and Mrs. Leona Price, Port Matila R.D.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Bertha Henry of Sandy Ridge and Mrs. Marjorie Harkless, Syracuse, N.Y.; six grandchildren, 14 grandchildren and these brothers and sisters:
Mrs. Elma Matts, Hannah; Mrs. Dortha Hirsh, West Decatur; Wilbur Walk and Mrs. Olive Poullos, both of Tyrone; Stanley Walk, Ithaca, N.Y.; Mrs. Nellie Burd, Lewistown; and Howard, Gordon and Blair Walk, all of Tyrone R.D. 3.
She was a mamber of the Altoona Calvary Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m. from the Cox Funeral Home at Warriors Mark with the Rev. Harris Wolfe officiating. Interment will follow in Umbria Cemetery, Osceola Mills.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Source: The Clearfield Progress, Thursday, August 1, 1974
Note: My great grandfather's sister.
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