Ruth's Curriculum Vitae

Full Name: Ruth Skidmore
Birth Date:1/24/1917
Where born and any details:Logan-in a house a few blocks away from the white house on 4th N. I don't know if they were living in this other house at the time or if it belonged to a mid-wife or friend.
Father:Charles Brett Skidmore (another says George Willis -- Which is it?)
Mother:Mary Louise Burnham
Paternal Grandparents:
Maternal Grandparents: Willace Clinton Burnham and Anna Christina Hansen
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College:Utah State University
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Places Lived: Detroit Michigan, Cedar City, NYC, Tucson, SLC
Missions (place and years served): Liberty Ward (yrs?), Hungary (Jun 1987-Jan 1989
Spouse:Alan Palmer Macfarlane
Spouse’s birth date: 1/17/1917
Marriage date and location: June 23, 1943 Salt Lake Temple
Children and birth dates:
John Alan- Aug 10th, 1944
Brian Palmer- Feb 12,1946
Jean- Feb 9, 1950
Mary Ellen- April 11, 1952
Paul Skidmore- Oct 25, 1954
Kevin Burnham- Nov 16, 1956
Carol- May 29, 1959
(She always told me she wanted to have one more girl to even things out. She would have named her Harriet.)
Foster child - Marilyn Todachine (1967-1971) Marilyn was only with us during the school year. The second year she went home to New Mexico after only a week or so (?) due to the drowning death of her little sister and didn't come back til the next school year.