Ruth Geneva (Merrill) Moeller (1915 - 2004)

Born 17 Oct 1915 in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Theodore Louis Moeller — married 12 Oct 1936 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

Died 3 Jun 2004 at age 88 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

Biography

When Ruth Geneva Merrill [1] was born on 17 October 1915, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, ^[1] her father, Philemon Christopher Merrill III, was 44 and her mother, Pearl Geneva Weech, was 34. , Ruth was the seventh of ten children.

Ruth Geneva Merrill married Theodore Louis Moeller (1913-2007) on 12 October 1936, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. ^[2] They had at least 1 daughter and 2 sons (mentioned in her obit online at her memorial site) ^[3]

She died on 3 June 2004, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, ^[4]at the age of 88, and was BURIAL in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States. ^[5]

• OBIT extractObit: The Yuma Sun, Yuma, Arizona, June 2004. - She is survived by her husband of over 67 years, Theodore L. "Ted" Moeller; her three children, ...; as well as 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; her brother, Bruce Merrill, and her sister Betsy Rizey. ^[6]

Ruth Merrill Moeller - Social Program Document • United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 ^[7]

Social Program Correspondence

Name Ruth Merrill Moeller

Name Note Name and form dates: Application: RUTH MERRILL MOELLER (Nov 1936), Death: RUTH G MOELLER (03 Jun 2004)

Alias Ruth G Moeller

Second Alias Ruth Merrill

Sex Female

Social Program Application Date Nov 1936

Previous Residence Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

Previous Residence Postal Code 85750-2916

Death Date 3 Jun 2004

Birth Date 17 Oct 1915

Birthplace Pima, Arizona, United States

Race White

Father's Name Philamon C Merrill

Father's Sex Male

Mother's Name Pearl G Weeck

Mother's Sex Female

Sources

1. ↑ "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZWH6-8B3Z : 28 April 2020), Ruth Geneva Merrill, 1915.
2. ↑ "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG16-NH12 : 29 November 2018), Theodore L Moeller and Ruth Merrill, 10 Oct 1936; citing Marriage, Maricopa, Pinal, Arizona, United States, Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives, and Public Records, Phoenix; FHL microfilm 004251460.
3. ↑ "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z14L-8SN2 : 2 February 2023), Ruth Merrill Moeller in entry for Theodore Louis Moeller, 1950.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGD8-7PF : 11 January 2021), Ruth G Moeller, 03 Jun 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Ruth Geneva Merrill Moeller (17 Oct 1915–3 Jun 2004), Find A Grave: Memorial #18326503, citing Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Joanne (contributor 46867760).
6. ↑ Obituary graciously shared by Marilyn (Matten) Schroeder, Find A Grave Contributor #47077044.
7. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K43-QH53 : 11 February 2023), Ruth Merrill Moeller, .

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRJ-5L4 : 24 June 2023), Ruth Merrill in entry for Phil C Merrill, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBT-91W : accessed 27 June 2023), Ruth Merrill in household of Phil C Merrill, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 8A, line 30, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 56; FHL microfilm 2,339,791.

• "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKV9-S2S6 : 20 February 2021), Ruth Geneva Moeller in entry for Theodore Louis Moeller, 16 Oct 1940; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, "Draft Registration Cards for Arizona, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 4684505. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FHL microfilm .

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7T-YVM5 : accessed 27 June 2023), Ruth G Moeller, Yuma, Arizona, United States, 05 Jun 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Sun, The, born-digital text.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBYJ-TKX : 24 June 2015), Theodore L. Moeller, died 01 Jan 2007; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.