Posted: 11:31 PM - Aug 15, 2004
"Their trees still bloom on Denny Road, even though the 2 Pidgeons are in Heaven. On 3/18/2004 at her Cape May apartment near Wilmington, Ohio, Ruth McKay Denny Pidgeon passed away peacefully to join her husband George in God's eternity."
(Obituary appeared in The Wilmington News Journal)
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Ruth McKay Denny Pidgeon, 90, of 175 Cape May Drive, Wilmington, formerly of 1033 Denny Road, Wilmington, died 8 p.m. Thursday (March 18, 2004) at her residence. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Carter Pidgeon, who died Sept. 7, 1998. They were married Feb. 1, 1936. He was the brother of one of her sorority sisters.
Mrs. Pidgeon was born Aug. 7, 1913, in the Denny family home on Denny Road, daughter of the late George McKay and Mary Ellen Antram Denny. She grew up on the family farm. Although her college experience had prepared her for a teaching career, she chose to become a homemaker and later a full-time mother. In addition to those roles, she and her husband were very active in the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where she became the first president of the Christian Women's Fellowship and later, one of the state presidents of C.W.F. She also was a Sunday School teacher for many years. She lived all of her life in farming communities. When she married her husband, they lived with his grandparents, Henry and Hannah Carter Pidgeon, at their homestead on Prairie Road. They returned to Denny Road, where they lived in the tenant house until they built and moved into their own home, also on Denny Road. She remained in her home until she moved to Cape May Retirement Center in October 2003. She graduated in 1931 from Kingman High School and graduated cum laude in 1935 from Wilmington College, where she majored in home economics and English. She was a member of Tau Theta Chi sorority at the college.
She is survived by a son, Stephen Denny (Sandy Cammack) Pidgeon of Wilmington; three daughters, Ellen Carter Pidgeon (Kash) Gilbert of Wilmington, Rachel Louise Pidgeon of Denver, Colo., and Margaret Pidgeon (Rick) Raabe of Cincinnati; six grandchildren, Tracey (Jason) Meyers of Wilmington, Doug Pidgeon of Wilmington, Jonathan Gilbert of Columbus, Juna (Chris) Garber of Zanesville, Jennifer Raabe of Cincinnati and Matthew Raabe of Cincinnati; a great-grandchild, Logan Steven Meyers of Wilmington; a nephew, Charles Antram (Judy Terrell) Denny; two great-nieces, Martha Terrell (Anthony) Shambrock and Sarah Shambrock; two great-nephews, David Antram (Martha Smith) Denny and John Collett Denny; three great-great-nephews, Jacob Shambrock, Joey Denny and Nathan Denny; and many other Pidgeon relatives.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, John Antram; a sister-in-law, Frances Durham Denny; and a great-great-nephew, Daniel Carter Denny.
Services to celebrate her life will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 120 Columbus St., Wilmington, the Rev. Donald K. Mertz, with burial in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 120 Columbus St., Wilmington, 45177; Odyssey Hospice, 4350 Glendale-Milford, Suite 110, Blue Ash, 45242; or Habitat for Humanity of Clinton County, P.O. Box 764, Wilmington, 45177. Her family wants to thank her caregivers who were with her at her home and Cape May Retirement Center and to the many other family members and friends for their caring support. Arrangements are under the direction of REYNOLDS-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 327 N. South St., Wilmington. For more information or to sign the funeral home's online registry of condolences, visit http://www.smithandsonfuneralhomes.com
(Obituary appeared in The Wilmington News Journal)
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Mrs. Pidgeon was born Aug. 7, 1913, in the Denny family home on Denny Road, daughter of the late George McKay and Mary Ellen Antram Denny. She grew up on the family farm. Although her college experience had prepared her for a teaching career, she chose to become a homemaker and later a full-time mother. In addition to those roles, she and her husband were very active in the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where she became the first president of the Christian Women's Fellowship and later, one of the state presidents of C.W.F. She also was a Sunday School teacher for many years. She lived all of her life in farming communities. When she married her husband, they lived with his grandparents, Henry and Hannah Carter Pidgeon, at their homestead on Prairie Road. They returned to Denny Road, where they lived in the tenant house until they built and moved into their own home, also on Denny Road. She remained in her home until she moved to Cape May Retirement Center in October 2003. She graduated in 1931 from Kingman High School and graduated cum laude in 1935 from Wilmington College, where she majored in home economics and English. She was a member of Tau Theta Chi sorority at the college.
She is survived by a son, Stephen Denny (Sandy Cammack) Pidgeon of Wilmington; three daughters, Ellen Carter Pidgeon (Kash) Gilbert of Wilmington, Rachel Louise Pidgeon of Denver, Colo., and Margaret Pidgeon (Rick) Raabe of Cincinnati; six grandchildren, Tracey (Jason) Meyers of Wilmington, Doug Pidgeon of Wilmington, Jonathan Gilbert of Columbus, Juna (Chris) Garber of Zanesville, Jennifer Raabe of Cincinnati and Matthew Raabe of Cincinnati; a great-grandchild, Logan Steven Meyers of Wilmington; a nephew, Charles Antram (Judy Terrell) Denny; two great-nieces, Martha Terrell (Anthony) Shambrock and Sarah Shambrock; two great-nephews, David Antram (Martha Smith) Denny and John Collett Denny; three great-great-nephews, Jacob Shambrock, Joey Denny and Nathan Denny; and many other Pidgeon relatives.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, John Antram; a sister-in-law, Frances Durham Denny; and a great-great-nephew, Daniel Carter Denny.
Services to celebrate her life will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 120 Columbus St., Wilmington, the Rev. Donald K. Mertz, with burial in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 120 Columbus St., Wilmington, 45177; Odyssey Hospice, 4350 Glendale-Milford, Suite 110, Blue Ash, 45242; or Habitat for Humanity of Clinton County, P.O. Box 764, Wilmington, 45177. Her family wants to thank her caregivers who were with her at her home and Cape May Retirement Center and to the many other family members and friends for their caring support. Arrangements are under the direction of REYNOLDS-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 327 N. South St., Wilmington. For more information or to sign the funeral home's online registry of condolences, visit http://www.smithandsonfuneralhomes.com