1. | Ruth Naomi Savage blev født den 10 jul. 1891 i Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA; døde den 8 apr. 1969 i Oakland, Alameda, California, USA; blev begravet den 14 apr. 1969 i Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, USA. Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:
- FSID: KWCW-QW8
- Bopæl: Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA
- Dåb: 10 jul. 1899
- Bopæl: 1900, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
- Bopæl: 1910, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA
- Bopæl: 1920, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; 395 North Center Street, Lehi, Utah
- Bopæl: 1930, Alameda, California, USA
- Bopæl: 1935
- Bopæl: 1940, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA
Notater:
Ruth Naomi was born in Snowflake, Arizona on July 10, 1891. At the tender age of three months she moved with her family to the nearby town of Woodruff where her father was called to be the first Bishop.
Ruth had a happy childhood in the town of Woodruff despite the very humble circumstances of the two dozen families that made up that small community. Seventeen times they dammed up the Little Colorado to obtain irrigation water and seventeen times the dam was destroyed. But they were all there on a mission and did not know the meaning of the words "give up”. Today a beautiful, permanent concrete dam controls the Little Colorado River.
In 1906 Ruth completed the district school and then went off to the Snowflake Academy where she was an outstanding high school student during the years of 1907- 1909. She then went to Thatcher, Arizona where she lived awhile with her older sister, Alivinia. Her studies there included the subject of public speaking. This course brought out her great native talent and she has thrilled innumerable audiences throughout her life with her unusual skills of elocution.
In 1912 she went to Los Angeles with her "dearest friend" Mettie Peterson. She worked as a clerk in a department store and continued her studies at the Manual Arts High School. She had a straight "A" record and obtained her high school diploma. Most of the next two years were spent in teaching school, especially at Taylor, Arizona. During this time she managed to save five hundred dollars which proved to be adequate for her mission in the Eastern States.
Prior to her mission she received her temple endowments on May 29, 1914 in the Salt Lake Temple. She then reported to the mission home in Brooklyn, New York. After just one month she was assigned to the East Pennsylvania Conference with headquarters in Philadelphia. Ruth loved her mission; she wrote following in her journal.
This call to be a missionary, representing my Church was the beginning of one of the most outstanding experiences of my life. I loved the peoples my companions our President, the elders, the towns and cities of eastern part of our great land. In fact, all of it gave me a zest for living which cannot be told in words. I found that daily tracting could be a most glorious experience. I am still reaping an abundant return from the faith, study and personal work which I put into my mission.
Eugene and Ruth were both outstanding missionaries and were married in the St. George temple, as both of their parents had been, on September 28, 1916.
Their love of education made their first step quite clear - obviously they must go back to Provo and complete his academic work. These were happy days that included playing the trombone in the dance band, serving as class president and participating on the debating team.
These years were busy ones. Despite Ruth’s varied activities it was always clear that she regarded her calling as wife and mother as her top priority. She helped each child along the way and shared in their joy as each of them fulfilled a full time mission for the Church.
Ruth worked hard as a wife and a mother and always cheerfully did household jobs. She once wrote, “No matter what the task may be, if it's the thing which needs doing, I enjoy it. People who say. ‘Oh! I detest dishes’, or ‘I just can't do that’, or, ‘I wouldn’t think of doing that kind of work’, try my patience. If I need to scrub floors - then scrubbing goes and it can be just as dignified as anything else I might do. It seems to me that one loses dignity or social importance (whatever that may be) only by failing in one's obligations.”
Another role Ruth often found herself filling was that of a hostess. She wrote, “To [be a good hostess] is extremely satisfying. Not just greeting people with a smile or being a good conversationalist, but being able to sense the likes and dislikes of people. Make them feel easy. To be thoroughly unselfish in the how and wherefores of what goes on. To be able to plan and execute entertaining at home within the scope of her particular budget…To do this is one of the challenging, charming tasks of women.”
Ruth was an able seamstress and wrote that, “I began on the 4th of July that I was 13 years old to make my own dress and I made everything from then until I bore my 8th baby, except two suits and my coats.”
Most of Ruth’s accomplishments went unheralded but she did receive two significant recognitions. In 1961 she and her husband were invited to the Brigham Young University where they were given the "Joseph F. Smith Living Award." In 1966 her name was submitted by some friends to the "California Mother of the Year" contest. A lovely blind lady was chosen as Mother of the Year and Ruth Naomi was selected as Runner Up.
Ruth also loved the church and never refused a call to serve. A partial list of her Church callings includes seven ward or stake relief society presidencies, stake literary leader and three years of service as an Ordinance Worker in the Los Angeles and Oakland Temples.
Throughout their life Eugene and Ruth loved sharing the word of the Restoration. Their first mission together was right after Eugene’s retirement in l96l when they served a proselyting mission in Scotland. This was later followed by two academic missions at the Church Colleges in Hawaii and New Zealand. Eugene drew on his experiences at Gila colleges to perform the same task in Laie, Hawaii, getting the academic accreditation for the Church College.
After their third mission, they purchased a beautiful home a half block from the Oakland Temple and settled in for what they thought would be the golden years of Temple work. They were both ordained as ordinance workers in the Oakland Temple where Dad also worked as Sealer. That dream was interrupted by the passing of Ruth.
Ruth blev gift med Eugene Hilton den 28 sep. 1916 i St George, Washington, Utah, USA. Eugene blev født den 12 nov. 1889 i Virgin, Washington, Utah, USA; døde den 24 aug. 1982 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 30 aug. 1982 i Memory Gardens Cemetery, Contra Costa, California, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]
Børn:
- 2. Joseph Roy Hilton
blev født den 16 apr. 1919 i Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; blev døbt den 1 jun. 1919 i Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; døde den 18 mar. 1985 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 21 mar. 1985 i Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA.
- 3. George Fayette Hilton
blev født den 6 apr. 1930 i Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA; døde den 14 mar. 2003 i Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, USA; blev begravet i 2003 i Oakmont Memorial Park, Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, USA.
- 4. John Levi Hilton
blev født den 25 maj 1927 i Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona; blev døbt den 4 sep. 1927 i Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA; døde den 12 mar. 2000 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 16 mar. 2000 i East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA.
- 5. Eugene Savage Hilton
blev født den 16 jul. 1917 i Hinckley, Millard, Utah, USA; blev døbt den 5 aug. 1917 i Hinckley, Millard, Utah, USA; døde den 11 feb. 1997 i Oakland, Alameda, California, USA; blev begravet den 17 feb. 1997 i Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, USA.
- 6. Lynn Mathers Hilton
blev født den 3 nov. 1924 i Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, USA; døde den 12 aug. 2020 i Perry, Box Elder, Utah, USA.
- 7. Phyl Normington Hilton
blev født den 5 jan. 1921 i Blackfoot, Caldwell, Idaho; døde den 17 dec. 2014.
- 8. Theodore Caldwell Hilton
blev født den 15 nov. 1922 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; døde den 13 apr. 2003 i Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; blev begravet i Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA.
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