| Name |
Ruby Isabelle Mabie [1] |
| Birth |
7 Dec 1914 |
Sturgis, Saint Joseph County, Michigan  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Residence |
5 Jun 1917 |
628 Bowen, Elkhart, Indiana [2] |
| Census |
Jan 1920 |
631 Brown Street, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana [3] |
- Charles A Mabie, head, M, W, 30, M, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, Field Conductor, NY
Hazel W Mabie, Wife, F, W, 27, M, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, none
Myrtle B Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 10, S, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, none
Charles B Mabie, Son, M, W, 7, S, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, none
Ruth S Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 5, S, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, none
Ruba J Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 5, S, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, none
Court Cummins, Father-in-law, M, W, 60, M, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, Comm Labour
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| Witness-Obituary |
29 Apr 1929 |
Davenport, Iowa [4] |
- Five occupants of a car which crashed head-on with a Ni-Sun motor coach eight miles east of Elkhart, Ind, were killed, and a sixth injured beyond probable recovery.
The dead in this crash, including a mother and three children, are Mrs Hazel U. Mabie, 41; two daughters, Myrtle, 19, and Ruth 14; a son, Charles 17; and Daniel Papa, 20 owner of the car. Another daughter, Ruby Mabie, twin sister of Ruth. All were from Elkhart
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| Census |
1930 |
1212 Hudson Street, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana [5] |
- Charlie A Mabie, Lodger, M, W, 41, Wd, Indiana, Indiana, Connecticut, yard conductor, steam railway
Ruby I Mabie, Lodger, F, W, 15, S, Michigan, Indiana, Michigan
living with George and Bertha Kern
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| Residence |
1942 |
55 Alden Street, Coldwater, Michigan [6] |
| WW2 Draft |
27 Apr 1942 |
Rural Route 5, Oslo, Elkhart County, Indiana [7] |
- Charlie Ashley Mabie, RR5, Oslo, Elkhart, Ind, born 21 Jan 1889 in LaGrange Co, Indiana, registered for the draft. He was employed by T H Brown, NYC District Office, Elkhart Yards, Elkhart. The person who would always know his address was his daughter, Ruby Filley, 55 Alden St, Coldwater, Michigan. He was White, 6' 1", 210 pounds, had brown eyes, brown hair, and a ruddy complexion.
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| Witness-Obituary |
25 Aug 1975 |
Elkhart, Indiana [8] |
- Charlie A. Mabie, 86, of 1508 E. Bristol St., died Monday evening in General Hospital after an extended illness. He was born Jan 21, 1889, in LaGrange. His first wife, Hazel, and three children were killed in an automobile accident April 28,1929. He then married Edna M. Stowe, Oct 24, 1931, in Elkhart. She survives with one daughter, Mrs Dewain (Ruby) Filley, Dowagiac; a stepson, Robert B. Stowe, Elkhart; six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Anna Messenger, Jackson, Mich. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home where services will be 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Thomas C. Kuhn, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery. Mr. Mabie retired Jan 8, 1954, from the New York Central Railroad where he was employed as a freight conductor for 37 years. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, Legion of the Moose, and the Fellowship of the Moose. The Moose Lodge will conduct a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home
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| Residence |
1990 |
306 Cass Street, Dowgiac, Michigan |
| Witness-Obituary |
24 May 1990 |
Elkhart, Indiana [9] |
- Edna M. Mabie, 88, of 1508 E. Bristol St., died at 6:25 am today at Elkhart General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born Jan 20, 1902, in New York City. She married Charlie A. Mabie on Oct 24, 1931, in Elkhart. He died Aug 25, 1975, in Elkhart. Surviving are a son, Robert B. Stowe, Elkhart; a step-daughter, Ruby Filley, Dowagiac; 11 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; 18 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Gary (Mary) Tews, Willoughby, Ohio. A brother and a sister are deceased. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and until services at 3 p.m. Saturday at Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rice Cemetery. Mrs. Mabie worked at C.G. Conn for 50 years, retiring in 1967. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Railroad Trainmen and of Women of Moose Chapter 78.
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| Death |
26 Jan 2009 |
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan [10] |
| Obituary |
27 Jan 2009 |
Niles, Michigan [11] |
- Ruby Isabelle Filley, 94, of Regent Street, Niles, and formerly of Dowagiac, died at 3:05 a.m. Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, at West Woods of Niles, following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, Jan. 29, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with the Rev. Janet Van Lear of First Presbyterian Church in Niles officiating.
Committal services will be on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Burr Oak Cemetery, in Burr Oak Township, with the Rev. Sally Wicks of First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis officiating.
The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home one hour before services.
She was born on Dec. 7, 1914, in Sturgis, to Charles and Urial (Cummins) Mabie. She graduated from Elkhart Central High School in Indiana and lived in Dowagiac before moving to Niles in 1999.
She enjoyed playing cards with neighbors, completing word puzzle books, flower gardening and traveling throughout the United States and most of all caring for her family.
On July 4, 1934, in Elkhart, Ind., she married Dewain Filley, who died on Jan. 12, 1982.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, Charles Mabie; sister, Vaughn Mabie and twin sister, Ruth Mabie, who all died with their mother in an automobile accident.
She is survived by her three daughters, Jan Neff of Woodland, Calif., Helen (Stan) Gorton of Niles and Mary (Douglas) Fox of Portage; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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| Reference Number |
17085 |
| Person ID |
I16997 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1914 - 2009 (94 years)
