Franklin, M.M.

N.T.N. married Mathews, S.C. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

R.D. married Osborne, S.L.S. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: OSBO.G001
• Military Service: World War II, Technician 5th Grade, Company A, 78th Engineer Combat Battalion, United States Army

Notes:

Military Service:
Enlisted in the regular army, Corps of Engineers, and entered active service on February 27, 1946 at East Saint Louis, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified in the military occupational specialty of light truck driver (MOS 345), and assigned to Company A, 78th Engineer Combat Battalion. Honorably discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade on August 26, 1947 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Earned the WWII Victory Medal for service during the period of eligibility.

(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2281774

Glenn married Gray, Ruthie Faye 'Ruth' on 30 Jul 1949, and was divorced in 2011. Ruthie (daughter of Gray, John Jasper and Mitchell, Mary Elsie) was born on 7 Mar 1927 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; died on 8 Apr 2019 in Republic Nursing and Rehab, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; was buried on 14 Apr 2019 in Rivermonte Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: GRAY.R004
• _FGRAVE: 198251100
• Funeral: 14 Apr 2019, Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri

Notes:

Ruthie Faye Osborne, 92, of Springfield, MO passed away peacefully on Monday April 8, 2019 at Republic Nursing and Rehab. She was born in Clay City, Illinois on March 7, 1927 to Jasper and Mary (Grey) .

Ruth was a clerk for the Mark Twain Department of Forestry and drove a truck cross-country for 17 ½ years. She was an excellent crocheter, and avid reader and she also loved to knit.

She is preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, a grandson; Corey and a son-in-law Al Stuckey. Left to mourn her passing is her daughters; Mary Stuckey and Sandy Zumwalt and husband Brad, grandson Nick and wife Shannon, great granddaughter Madi, a brother; Robert Lynn Grey and wife Phyllis.

Entombment was private in the Mausoleum at Rivermonte Memorial Gardens.

Buried:
Mausoleum