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- Mary Ruth Reynolds Murray - July 13, 1896 - June 9, 1997. Daughter of John Edgerton and Sarah J. Grant Reynolds. Wife of Clarence G. Murray. Married May 29, 1918.
Newspaper Obituary - Tuesday, June 10, 1997 Watertown Daily Times - Watertown, New York - Mary Ruth Murray, 100 Years Old ¬Mary Ruth Murray, 100, Springbrook Apartments, died Monday at Loretto Heights Nursing Home, Oswego. Mrs. Murray worked at Oswego County Home, Mexico, for several years. She was a member and former Sunday school superintendent of Fernwood Methodist Church, a past member of the Fernwood Grange and an election clerk for the Fernwood district. Born July 13, 1896, in Woonsocket, South Dakota, daughter of John and Sarah J. Grant Reynolds, she attended White School District and lived in Pulaski and Fernwood for 90 years. She married Clarence G. Murray on May 29, 1918, at Fernwood. He died June 29, 1965. Surviving are three sons, Clinton, Stuart, Florida, George, Baldwinsville, and Robert, Mexico; a daughter, Charlotte Row, Pulaski; 16 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Three sons, Clarence G., Paul L. and Lewis J., died before her. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fernwood Methodist Church with the Rev. Lois Hoxie officiating. Burial will be in South Richland Cemetery, Fernwood. Calling hours will be 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Foster-Hax Funeral Home, 52 Park Street.
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