Ruth B (Bankert) Gilmore (1925 - 2016)

Born 2 Aug 1925 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of James Francis Gilmore — married 11 Jun 1965 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 3 Jan 2016 at age 90 in Martinsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Biography

Ruth Bankert Gilmore

August 2, 1925 – January 3, 2016

Ruth Bankert Gilmore, 90, Hollidaysburg, formerly of Ridley Park, passed away Sunday evening at Homewood at Martinsburg.

She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Ross and Elizabeth (Vipond) Bankert. She married James Francis Gilmore on June 11, 1965, in Philadelphia, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 2008.

Surviving are a stepson, David of Maddison, Conn.; a stepdaughter, Constance Campisi of Thornton; a brother, Gerald of Altoona; two sisters: Geraldine Graybill (Glen) of Nappanee, Ind., and Elda Jean Burket (Floyd), with whom she had resided, of Hollidaysburg; four step-grandchildren: Christopher, Roy, Daniel and Heather; a step-great -granddaughter, Franchesca; and many nieces and nephews and their families.

She was predeceased in death by a brother, Robert Bankert, and a grandson, Dominic.

Ruth was a 1942 graduate of Hollidaysburg High School and graduated from Drexel Institute of Technology in 1948. She retired in 1986 from the Administrative Department at Taylor Hospital, Philadelphia. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. She enjoyed volunteering at the library, as well as solving Sudoku puzzles and anything with numbers.

Friends will be received from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at First United Methodist Church, Hollidaysburg, where a funeral service will follow at 2 p.m., Pastor John Godissart officiating. Interment will be held at Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg. Arrangements are by Plank, Stitt & Stevens Funeral Home, 421 Montgomery St., Hollidaysburg.

The family requests that donations in memory of Ruth be made to First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 201 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA 19103; Ridley Park Public Library, 107 E Ward St, Ridley Park, PA 19078; or First United Methodist Church of Hollidaysburg, 801 Allegheny St., Hollidaysburg, PA 16648.

(From: stevensfamilyfuneralhomes.com)

Sources

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8S-2G4 : accessed 27 June 2019), Ruth E Bankerts in household of Ross W Bankerts, Blair, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 13B, line 96, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2003; FHL microfilm 2,341,737.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ4B-FVG : 15 March 2018), Ruth Bankart in household of Elizabeth Bankart, Blair Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-69, sheet 10A, line 18, family 182, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3440.

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