Ruth Boattenhamer 

1905-2001 

Ruth Clift Boattenhamer of San Angelo, retired Hermleigh school teacher, 
died Monday, July 2, in Heritage House Nursing Center in San Angelo after 
a sudden illness. 

Graveside service for Mrs. Boattenhamer, 96, was set for 4 p.m. today
 in the Hermleigh Cemetery. Dr. Rex Reynolds, pastor of Hermleigh
 First Baptist Church, was to officiate. Arrangements were under 
the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home. 

Born May 12, 1905 in Hermleigh, she married C.L. Boattenhamer on 
Jan. 31, 1942 in Aledo. He died Dec. 8, 1978. 

Mrs. Boattenhamer taught school in the Hermleigh ISD for 35 years. 
A member of the Hermleigh United Methodist Church, Mrs. Boattenhamer
 was a lifetime resident of Hermleigh prior to moving to San Angelo
 almost two years ago. 

Survivors include three nieces and their spouses, Carolyn and
 Fred De La Cruz of San Angelo, Nancy and Dub Polson of Marfa,
 Mary Alice and Paul Peeples of Mansfield and another niece,
 Ruth L. Doane of Beaumont; two nephews and their spouses,
 Clifton and Barbara Snellings of Dallas, Doug and Alice Eubanks
 of Plainview and another nephew, Jerry Clift of San Angelo; and 
a special friend, Rick Bowen of San Marcos