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Ruth <I>Esmay</I> Boutwell

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Ruth Esmay Boutwell

Birth
Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York, USA
Death
25 Jul 1963 (aged 69–70)
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6886139, Longitude: -74.4894792
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*Daughter of Stanton Esmay and Libbie (Waterman) Esmay

Married:
1. Morrell Arble Starkweather (1889-1918), son of Asher and Sarah Anna (Queal) Starkweather
2. Edward Brewster Boutwell

Mother of:
1. Helen Esmay (Starkweather) Purnell (1911-1990)
2. Gladys Irene (Starkweather) Irwin (1913-2005)

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Obit:
Mrs Ruth Boutwell, 76, of 28 Harding St., widow of Edward C Boutwell, died last night in Pittsfield General Hospital.

Born in Cobleskill, NY, the daughter of Stanton and Libby Waterman Esmay, she had lived in Pitsfield for about 55 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, its Dorcas class and the Margaret Allen Chapter of the Woman's Leaue. Her first husband, Morell A Starkweather, died in 1918. In 1921, she married Mr Boutwell who died in 1951. A GE man, he served as chairman of the City Licensing Board and ran for mayor in 1941.

She leaves two daughters, Mrs Edwin H Purnell of Pittsfield and Mrs John C Irwin of Colorado Springs, CO; three step daughters, Mrs Wilbert Hamilton of Pittsfield, Mrs J Wendell Butler of Richmond, and Mrs Edward Depew of Tarrytown, NY; and two grandchildren.

Services will be Sunday at 1 at the Wellington Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Rural Cemetery in Cobleskill.

Friends may call at the funeral home tonigh from 7 to 9 and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Source: The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA. Friday 26 July 1963, page 11.
*Daughter of Stanton Esmay and Libbie (Waterman) Esmay

Married:
1. Morrell Arble Starkweather (1889-1918), son of Asher and Sarah Anna (Queal) Starkweather
2. Edward Brewster Boutwell

Mother of:
1. Helen Esmay (Starkweather) Purnell (1911-1990)
2. Gladys Irene (Starkweather) Irwin (1913-2005)

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Obit:
Mrs Ruth Boutwell, 76, of 28 Harding St., widow of Edward C Boutwell, died last night in Pittsfield General Hospital.

Born in Cobleskill, NY, the daughter of Stanton and Libby Waterman Esmay, she had lived in Pitsfield for about 55 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, its Dorcas class and the Margaret Allen Chapter of the Woman's Leaue. Her first husband, Morell A Starkweather, died in 1918. In 1921, she married Mr Boutwell who died in 1951. A GE man, he served as chairman of the City Licensing Board and ran for mayor in 1941.

She leaves two daughters, Mrs Edwin H Purnell of Pittsfield and Mrs John C Irwin of Colorado Springs, CO; three step daughters, Mrs Wilbert Hamilton of Pittsfield, Mrs J Wendell Butler of Richmond, and Mrs Edward Depew of Tarrytown, NY; and two grandchildren.

Services will be Sunday at 1 at the Wellington Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Rural Cemetery in Cobleskill.

Friends may call at the funeral home tonigh from 7 to 9 and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Source: The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA. Friday 26 July 1963, page 11.


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  • Created by: Owlisnapp
  • Added: Apr 7, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127616602/ruth-boutwell: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Esmay Boutwell (Jul 1893–25 Jul 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127616602, citing Cobleskill Rural Cemetery, Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York, USA; Maintained by Owlisnapp (contributor 46878071).