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June 7, 1983- Ruby E. Wambacher, 94, a former Plainview resident died Thursday May 5 at the Manor Convalescent Center in Sandpoint (Idaho). Ruby was born on April 17, 1889 in Elgin to Margaret and Samuel Lillie. She attended school in Plainview where she was valedictorian of the graduating class after which she took the normal school test. She married Park Sylvester in 1907 in Minnesota. She then taught school for three years in Alberta, Canada. Later in 1921 she married Fred Mason in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada. They moved to Idaho to the Bonners Ferry area in 1926. They farmed there before moving to a small farm on the beach. Fred preceded her in death in 1959 and then she moved to Bonners Ferry in the fall of that year. In 1963 she married Ray Wambacher in Bonners Ferry. She had resided in Bonners Ferry until 1982 when she moved to the Sandpoint Manner. Ruby was very active in the community. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and won many prizes and awards for her tatting and rug making. She is survived by one daughter Lois Fisher of Hope; on sister Avis Davidson of Penticton, B.C., two grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Monday May 5, at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Green officiating. Burial followed in the Grandview Cemetery.
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* SOURCE: Manzow, Ron (compiler), "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota - a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884": Plainview Area History Center, 40 4th St. S.W., Plainview, MN 55964. Compiled in 2001.
NOTE: from Ron Manzow, December 2001: "Feel free to reproduce the pages for anyone who wants a copy. It was
compiled to be shared... All I ask is that they consider sending a check to the [Plainview Area] History Center to help us out. That
should be enough."
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