Death info on Ruth Taylor

 Ruth Eva Nichols Taylor was Vera's sister-in-law.  She married Vera's brother, Ralph.

Photo from the personal albums of Althea Gray
Photo cropped by me from larger image.

According to this obituary, the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 10 Apr 1908- (near) DeBeque, Mesa, Colorado

DEATH: 29 Apr 2002- ,, Colorado

She was  94 years old when she died (wow.)

Obituary:

SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 2002, May 4, p.D5
Found in the personal albums of Althea Gray, April 2012

Obituary transcribed:

Ruth E. Nichols Williams

4/10/08-4/29/02

Ruth E. Nichols Williams was born April 10, 1908.  For several years she had a summer home that she and her third husband, Albert Williams had restored.  In Nov. 2000, Ruth moved back to Grand Junction to be near friends and relatives.  She passed away April 29, 2002.

She is survived by her daughter, Patsy of Grand Junction, CO; one stepdaughter, Reita Lynne Williams Poulton of Oakley, ID; and one stepson, Dewey Charles Williams of Caldwell, ID; and many loving nieces and nephews.

A family service was held May 2nd at the Fountains Retirement Home in Grand Junction, CO.

Colorado obituary:

SOURCE: The Daily Sentinel 2002,  May 1, p?
Sent to me via email from the Museum of Western Colorado

Colorado obituary transcribed:

Ruth E. Nichols Williams

April 10, 1908- April 29, 2002

Ruth E. Nichols Williams was born April 10, 1908, to Clarence Charles J. and Eva King Nichols, near DeBeque, CO.  She was the youngest of nine children, all of whom have preceded her in death.  She grew up in the Molina/Mesa area attending school at the Bull Creek school at Molina.  Ruth married Murry Collins, of Clifton, CO and one child, Patsy Ruth Collins was born to them, she survives.  The marriage ended in divorce.  Ruth attended the School of Cosmetology in Salt Lake City, Utah.  She later married Ralph Taylor, and together they operated several barbershops at military installations in the Salt Lake area.  Ralph entered the Navy in World War II and Ruth took over management of the shops, at one time she managed four barber shops and three beauty salons.  Ralph passed away in 1950.  Ruth continued in the business for several years.  A year and a half later, she married Albert Williams.  He passed away in 1976.

In Ruth's lifetime she was successful in many areas, she was a licensed realtor and a successful developer.  She started painting when she was 64 and became an outstanding artist.  Ruth was a talented poet and had a book of her poems published.

Ruth also found time to raise a lovely garden and with her flower arrangements won countless ribbons and awards in the Salt Lake County fairs and in southern Idaho, where, for several years she had a summer home that she and her third husband, Albert Williams had restored.

In November 2000, Ruth moved back to Grand Junction to be near friends and relatives.  She passed away April 29, 2002, and is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

A family memorial service will be held at a later date.

We will miss her.

Photo from the personal albums of Althea Gray