Ruth Isabel (Hoskins) Van Tine (1905 - 2000)

Born 27 Nov 1905 in Gravity, Taylor, Iowa, United States

Wife of Arthur Benbrook Van Tine — married 9 Jun 1938 (to 17 Mar 1947) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Died 26 Jan 2000 at age 94 in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Ruth Isabelle Hoskins

Burial:

Courtesy of Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. (Friends of Page Co. (FOPC©) Family Profile©)

Type: Cemetery

Date: 25 Jan 2005

Place: Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States

Name: Sunset Memorial Gardens

Latitude: N46.00389

Longitude: W112.53389

Event:

Type: Newspaper Articles

Date: 1 May 1985

Note: 'Fuss' bewilders good Samaritan, May 1st, 1985

By Bill JACKSON, Greeley Tribune Staff Writer

Ruth VanTINE, right, gets a hug from longtime friend and Greeley resident Mary OLSEN at her retirement reception Thursday.

Ruth Van TINE enjoyed herself Thursday afternoon, but said she had a hard time understanding what "all the fuss is about." The "fuss" is about Van TINE's five-plus decades of dedication to the hearing and speech field. She was a professor of communication disorders at the University of Northern Colorado and was honored Thursday at a reception attended by many of her former colleagues and other friends. UNC professor Ray HULL describes Van TINE as an outstanding professional who overcame her own hearing difficulties to become a pioneer in the field. She's been hearing impaired since age 20, but that hasn't stopped her in terms of her professional growth and development, HULL said. "She's really an inspiration to others that a person can overcome their handicap."

HULL is a former chairman of the department of communication disorders at UNC.  The 8O-year-old Van TINE has lived in Greeley since 1951. She was the first special education teacher and first speech therapist for Greeley-Evans School District #6, she was a founder and first president of the Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and she was one of the first professors of speech-language pathology at UNC, Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming. Vall TINE "retired" in 1971. In her retirement, however, she has continued to help senior citizens and anyone else with hearing problems who needed her special help.  Van TINE earned a bachelor's degree in primary education and music from the Colorado State College of Education (UNC) in 1935. She specialized in education, speech pathology and audiology and clinical psychology to earn a master's degree from Denver University in 1948. She started losing her hearing as a young first-grade teacher on the Western Slope. Surgery corrected the problem for the next 15 to 18 years. But she recalls the first hearing aid she was required to wear.

It was a huge, cumbersome bum-of-a-deal and hearing aids back then were not accepted, Van TINE said. She said she styled her hair to hide the device and hid cords from a 45-volt battery with her clothing. Then the veterans started coming back from the war (World War II) and many of them had hearing aids. Soon after that a hearing impairment was not considered a severe handicap and I became one of the most popular girls in school, because everybody wanted to have their hearing tested. Van TINE said with a laugh.  I've enjoyed my professional career, but it was a challenge at times. And now I get to see children of children I've taught over the years. "It's very special" Van TINE said. The UNC reception was conducted in conjunction with National Better Hearing and Speech Month, celebrated in May.

Event:

Type: Obituary

Date: 26 Jan 2000

Place: Greeley, Jefferson, Colorado, United States

Note: VanTINE Ruth H (Hoskins) Obit-1/26/2000 . 20 . . . MSB#49

Greeley Tribune, Newspaper

Issue Dated: 27th Jan 2000

Mrs. Ruth VanTINE dies age 94 yrs, Greeley, Colorado 80634

In 1925, at the age of 20 years Ruth I. (Hoskins) Van TINE, as a young first-grade teacher on the "Western Slope" of Colorado started losing her hearing. Surgery corrected the problem for the next 15 to 18 years, but that didn't stop her professional growth and development.

In 1935, at 35 years of age she earned a bachelor's degree in primary education and music from the Colorado State College of Education (UNC). She specialized in education, speech pathology, audiology and clinical psychology to earn a Master's Degree from Denver University in 1949 at the age of 44. She removed to Greeley (Littleton County), Colorado in 1951, when she was 46 years of age and became the first "Special Education" teacher, and the first "Speech Therapist" for the Greeley-Evans School District 6. She was founder and first President of the "COLORADO SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION". She also was one of the first "Professors" of Speech-Language- Pathology at UNC, Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming.

Ruth I. (Hoskins) Van TINE "Retired" at the age of 66 years in 1971. In her retirement, however, she has continued to help senior citizens and anyone else with hearing problems who need her special help.

"I've enjoyed my professional career, but it was a challenge at times. And now I get to see children of children I've taught over the years. It's very special." Ruth (Hoskins) Van Tine, May 1971

Since her "Retirement" she was an associate editor for a book entitle "For Language Development." Since publication, this book has been in demand by many state departments of education. She has worked with Dr. Raymond HALL, Audiologist at UNC. She also continues to work (1989, 83 years old) one day a week at the Audiology Department, to work with persons who have had strokes to improve their speech.

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Paonia, Delta, Colorado, United States

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Precinct 15, Delta, Colorado, United States

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States

Residence:

Date: Bet 1935 and 1993

Place: Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States

Residence:

Date: 1940

Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States

Residence:

Date: 1 Apr 1940

Place: Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, United States

Sources

• Personal knowledge

• Extensive research by Paul R. Sarette, Jr.; correspondence 4/2011; Extensive website with information on the Hoskins family. He corresponded with Ruth I. Hoskins Van Tine for over 11 years.

Here is his research on the Hoskins family.

• Source: Sarrett, Jr., Paul R; 4/2011 Title: Personal knowledge of Paul R. Sarrett Jr., [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]\. Text: Extensive website with information on the Hoskins family. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iapage/families/hoskins/HOSKINS1.HTM#5.1 He corresponded with Ruth I. Hoskins Van Tine for over 11 years. Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. President FOPC© Researcher, Compilier of Friends of Page Co., IA. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iapage/index.htm <--FOPC© HomePage! http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iapage/families.htm <--FOPC© Related Families!

• "United States Social Security Death Index," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3JK-QYS : accessed 9 August 2015), Ruth H Vantine, 25 Jan 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Type: Social Security Death Index

Note: RUTH H VANTINE

27 Nov 1905

25 Jan 2000 (V)

80634 (Greeley, Weld, CO) (none specified)

521-40-8830 Colorado

• Source: 1940 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;)

• Source: 1930 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,)

• Source: 1920 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;)

• Source: 1910 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;)

• Source: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) Title: Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.)

• Source: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 Title: Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public;)

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #104836477 (accessed 27 February 2024)
  Memorial page for Ruth Isabel Hoskins Van Tine (27 Nov 1905-25 Jan 2000), citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, USA (plot: Sermon On The Mount Sect); Maintained by Paul R Sarrett, Jr (contributor 46879997).