This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pl.2ADI/178 Message Board Post: The Sun, San Bernardino, CA – December 28, 2004 RUTH ELIZABETH LAIRD RABERDING, 88, a 2-year resident of Yucaipa, CA and former 59-year resident of Fontana, CA, passed away Dec. 22, 2004 in Yucaipa. She was born in Harper, Kansas and was a homemaker for 65 years. Survivors include her son, Gary Raberding of Yucaipa; daughters Carrol Tracht of Fontana, Donna Sowers of Shreveport, LA, Iris Bowman of Logansport, IN; brother Ben Laird of Cape Cod, MA; sister Nellie Waltner of Chapel Hill, NC; 11 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; 9 great-great grandchildren; and many extended family, grandkids and great-grandkids. Visitation Wed., Dec. 29, 4-8 pm at Green Acres Mortuary, Bloomington. Funeral services 10 am Thursday, Dec. 30 at Green Acres Chapel, 11715 Cedar Ave., Bloomington, CA. NOTE: Submitter is not related in any way to deceased. Obituary is provided for genealogical interest only. ~RIP~