Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=190 Surname: Cravens, Fleming, Kirkhart, Mapes, Neally, Swartz, Vass, Weidmyer, Welch ------------------------- Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois Obits 1995-1996 Page 38 RUTH CRAVENS March 8, 1916 — Aug. 15, 1995 Ruth Elizabeth Cravens, 79, of Carthage, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, in her home. She was born March 8, 1916, at Ferris, the daughter of Emory Freeman and Willa Ella Weidmyer Mapes. She married Oscar Lee Cravens April 11, 1946, at Carthage. He died July 31, 1980. She is survived by one daughter, Patsy Neally of Carthage; three sons, Dick Mapes of Ferris, Jack Mapes of Carthage and Jim Kirkhart of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sisters, Mildred Fleming of Burlington, Iowa, and Phyllis Vass of Ferris; one brother, Robert Mapes of Disco; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one step-granddaughter; and one step-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother in infancy; two sisters, Edith Swartz and Betty Welch; one great-grandson in infancy; and one great-granddaughter in infancy. Mrs. Cravens was a member of Ferris Methodist Church, the Carthage V. F. W. Auxiliary Post 5117 and the Carthage Tops Club. She had worked for the Swift Co. and Davis Cleavers Co. of Carthage for a number of years. She also worked in various restaurants in Carthage as a cook, retiring in 1980. She and her husband had owned and operated Cravens Greenhouse at their home for over 20 years. Funeral services were held Friday in Lamporte Funeral Home of Carthage with Rev. Philip Nevius officiating. Burial was in Moss Ridge Cemetery in Carthage. Memorials have been established in her memory. HCJP 8-23-95 Link: Bryant Genealogy URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>