Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

2008-12-13
Collection: 2008

Title

2008-12-13

2008-12-14

Subject

Ruggles, Betty Lou

Norris, Betty Jewel

Description

Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

Creator

Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas

http://augustahistoricalsociety.com

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

2008-12-16

Rights

In Copyright In Copyright

Published with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited.

Format

Clippings

Language

English

Type

application/pdf

Identifier

b13#126 2008



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2008-12-13,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 21, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/1843.
Text

Betty Lou Ruggles

Betty
Lou Rug-
gles, 84, of
Augusta,
passed
away, Sat-
urday, Dec.
13,2008.
Viewing
1-7 p.m. today at Headley Funeral
Chapel, Augusta.
Service
2 p.m .Wednesday, Dec.
17, at the First Christian
Church, Augusta. Burial
at Elmwood Cemetery,
Augusta.
Betty was born on July
12, 1924 in Augusta; the
daughter of the late Fred
Eugene and Hattie May
(Bell) Chalmers. She was
a homemaker who sold
Avon for over 18 years.
She was also a member of
First Christian Church,
Augusta, DWF and Hypa-
tia Club. On April 11,
1942 she married Donald
Ruggles in Winfield and
he survives.
She is also survived by:
sons, Larry Ruggles and
wife Lorene of Scottsdale,
Ariz., Paul Ruggles and
wife Karen of Bellingham,
Wash., Chris Ruggles and
wife Diane of Augusta;
daughter, Bonnie Ruggles
of Augusta; brother, Glen
Chalmers and wife Joyce
of Beaumont, Texas; sis-
ter, Ruth Briggs and hus-
band Jim of Peoria Ariz.;
grandchildren, Michelle
Ruggles, Joe Summers,
Patricia Mallory, Katlyn
Greenley, Donna Trillo,
Kim Garrett, Andrea and
Susan Ruggles, Ann Marie
Beaulieu, Vickie Salis-
bury, Amy and Justin
Steele, Brent Ruggles and
Jamie Klem; and 14 great
grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by a daughter, Mar-
ilyn Potts.
Memorials to the First
Christian Church, Au-
gusta.
Arrangements by
Headley Funeral Chapel,
Augusta.

Betty Jewel Norris

Betty Jewel Norris, 87 Wichita, mother and
mother-in-law of David E.
and Clowie Norris of Au-
gusta, passed away on
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008.
A private family service
will be held at a later date.
Betty is also survived by:
her other children,
Michael G. Norris and
Stephanie E. Norris; seven
grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
in her memory may be
made to Alzheimer's Asso-
ciation, 347 Laura, Wi-
chita, KS, 67211 or
Hospice Care of Kansas,
808 S. Hillside, Wichita,
KS, 67211.
Arrangements by
Downing & Lahey Mortu-
ary East, Wichita.

Original Format

Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page