General Notes

Obituary:  The North Platte Telegraph (Dec/21/2004)

Ruby L. Molesworth

GRAND ISLAND - Ruby L. Fear Molesworth, 69, of Grand Island died Dec. 18, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.
She was born Dec. 22, 1934, in Lincoln County, near Hershey, to Joy Edward and Lydia Belle Culver Fear. Ruby was raised on a farm/ranch in Lincoln County and attended District 85 School for eight years. She graduated from Sutherland High School in 1953. Ruby attended summer school at Kearney and a year at McCook College in McCook. She taught school in Lincoln County for a year and then worked for Townsend Manufacturing Company until her marriage.

On March 2, 1956, she married Charles Alfred "Al" Molesworth at North Platte. They lived on a ranch near Brady until health problems forced Mr. Molesworth to seek medical help. The couple moved for a short time northwest of Hershey, then later to Grand Island. She was a nurse's aide for the old Lutheran and old St. Francis Hospitals. She taught school in Custer and Howard counties, and worked at Walbaum Egg Plant. She then was a nurse's aide at Worshen, Parkside, Lakeview and Betts Nursing Homes. She later worked for ARA at the Cornhusker Ammunition Plant until it closed. She then was a seamstress for Carlson Awning and Canvas Co. until ill health forced her to retire.

Mrs. Molesworth was a member of the Methodist Church, Prairie Pioneer Genealogy Society, Nebraska State Genealogy Society, Diabetic and Arthritis Support Groups. She is a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Auxiliaries, the National Association of Federal Retired Employees and the Good Sam Camping Club. She had also volunteered for several organizations and worked for the election board of Hall County. She enjoyed sewing, embroidery, reading, crossword puzzles and yard work.

Survivors include her husband, Alfred "Al" Molesworth of Grand Island; two brothers, a sister,  and two sisters-in-law.

Memorials are suggested to the Sutherland Alumni Scholarship Fund c/o Sutherland Public Schools. Condolences may be directed through the funeral home website, www. livson.com.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Karohl officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

[edited slightly to remove references to living individuals. kmh.]

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  Death Notes

St. Francis Medical Center

  Burial Notes

Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Section X Site 135

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She had a residence in 2004 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA. ¹