Ruth Ida Ruchti (1914 - 2002): Our Family History

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1914 - 2002 (88 years)

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Name	Ruth Ida Ruchti
Birth	10 Jan 1914	Ashton, Fremont, Idaho, United States
Gender	Female
Initiatory (LDS)	8 Nov 1937	SLAKE
FamilySearch ID	KWCK-BCD
Death	30 Jun 2002	Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Burial	6 Jul 2002	Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
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Person ID	I17590	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Ernest Nephi Ruchti, b. 19 Oct 1892, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 2 Jun 1964 (Age 71 years)
Mother	Mabel Ann Daw, b. 18 Sep 1892, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States d. 7 Jul 1982, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 89 years)
Marriage	9 Apr 1913	Cache, Utah, United States
Family ID	F8744	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thero Eames "Tip" Tippets, b. 25 Apr 1911, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 6 Dec 1980, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States (Age 69 years)

Marriage 8 Nov 1937 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

	1. Living
+	2. Thero Richard Tippets, b. 25 Jul 1944, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States d. 28 Oct 2018, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 74 years)
	3. Maureen Ruth Tippets, b. 9 Jan 1951, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States d. 8 Jan 1951, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States

Family ID F407 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 May 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 10 Jan 1914 - Ashton, Fremont, Idaho, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 8 Nov 1937 - SLAKE
	Marriage - 8 Nov 1937 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Death - 30 Jun 2002 - Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
	Burial - 6 Jul 2002 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States

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Notes

Obituary: Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID) | 3 July 2002

Ruth Ruchti Tippets, 88, formerly of Idaho Falls, died June 30, 2002 , a t the Bountiful House in Bountiful, Utah, of natural causes. She wa s bor n Jan. 10, 1914, in Ashton, Idaho, the daughter of Ernest Nephi an d Mabe l Daw Ruchti. She attended Pocatello High School and Link' s Busin ess Sch ool in Pocatello. On Nov. 8, 1937, she married Thero "Tip" Eam e s Tippet s in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.

An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, s h e served in the Young Women and Primary organizations. For many years , sh e worked in the Idaho Falls High School cafeteria. She was a very ha ppy a nd fun-loving lady and will be missed by all who knew her.

Ruth' s grandkids were the light of her life: Todd and Connie Tippets, L o ra and Todd Saxey, Jared and Niki Tippets, Kari and Dave Atkinson, Jef f J ohnson, and especially Alisa Johnson, who cared for her for three mon th s before she moved to assisted living in Bountiful. She is survived b y th e following: son, Richard (Clare) Tippets of Bountiful, Utah; daught er, P atsy (Kim) Johnson of Idaho Falls; 6 grandchildren; and 3 great-gra ndchil dren. She was preceded in death by her husband; and infant daughte r, Maur een; and three brothers, Ross, Daw and Jack.

Funeral services will be Saturday, July 6, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. at Coltr i n Mortuary, 2100 First St. in Idaho Falls. The family will visit with f ri ends f or one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in Rose Hil l Cem etery. Family Tribute

Words of Ruth Ida Ruchti:

I am Ruth Ruchti Tippets, daughter of Ernest N. Ruchti and Mabel Ann Da w . I was born on January 10, 1914 in Ashton, Idaho, in a home there a t 11 :30 p.m. I was the first child out of four children and the only gi rl . My mother was 21 years old at the time of my birth. I weighed 6 lb s . and was 20 inches long when I was born. My family said I had blue ey es , dark hair, fair skin, and looked a lot like my mother. I was blesse d a t church in Logan, Utah, June 7, 1914, because my grandparents live d ther e. My middle name Ida came from my mother’s best friend. My fath er alwa ys called me blue eyes and loved to rock me to sleep.
I began walking at one year and to talk at the age of two. During my ea r ly childhood years, I lived in Arimo, Idaho, where my dad farmed. My b ro thers, Ross, Daw, Jack, and I used to play marbles on the kitchen floo r w hen my mother and father went out. We moved to Pocatello and whe n I wa s six my folks bought a home in South Arthur where I lived and wen t to sc hool at Emerson Elementary. I also had my tonsils taken out an d could on ly have ice cream to eat, and it was great. My best friends i ncluded Cat herine Reddy and Margaret Evans. We would often play hide-an d-go-seek, b aseball, and run-sheep-run. All the kids in our neighborhoo d came over t o our house and we played the player piano and sang songs a nd made cand y and popcorn balls. By babysitting the Bishop’s childre n I would get 2 5 cents an hour and would have to feed 3 children, give t hem a bath, an d put them to bed. We could go over and see a play at th e auditorium fo r 20 cents and that’s what we did on the weekends. In th e spring, the Sn ake River by our house would overflow and all the kids w ould go wading ou t on a raft in it. My mother was always afraid we woul d drown. When I w as older, my mother always went with my friends and m e out to the 3rd War d dances. My brother Ross and I always had lots o f fun there. We had t o be home by midnight and we could always go out o n the weekends. Vacati ons were usually spent at Mink Creek, a place i n the hills of Pocatello . We also loved to go fishing and catch and coo k the fish for a weeken d camp out.
I went to high school at Pocatello High School. I never liked histo r y a lot, but I loved math and physics. I also took shorthand and bookk ee ping to help me with my checkbook. I often went to the college wit h a te am to compete in typing speed contests. I was involved in the sch ool pla ys and loved the theater. We also loved to roller skate on Satur day Nigh ts. We always said “Good Gravy” for good things happening and a lways pop ped our gum. I graduated from high school in May 1932. Afte r I had grad uated my friend, Catherine, and I went on the train down t o California t o visit my aunt. We took a trip over to Catalina Island a nd it was the l ast time we got to ride free on the trains.
I went to Link’s Business College in Pocatello for a year, and while I w a s going to school I worked at a candy shop called Woolworth’s. At East e r time, I would make the Easter baskets. I then got a job at Dr. Young ’ s office. He was an eye doctor and he fit all my family with new glass es . I always had to walk the eight blocks to work and I worked from 8 a .m . until 6 p.m. every day and made $12 a week.
I remember one Mother’s Day that I had gone to church in Pocatello a n d I didn’t see any of my friends. I saw a nice fellow sitting alone a n d decided to go sit down by him. He told me his name was Thero Tippet s a nd his mother and father were in Salt Lake with his sister who had ha d a n operation. We had a very nice meeting and afterwards my mother sai d, “ Why didn’t you ask that nice young man to dinner?” So, I did. He h a d a cute car and so I rode home with him. I found out that he worke d a t the Safeway store right across the street from Dr. Young’s office w her e I worked. My dad was on a special diet then and he needed rye brea d, s o I said I would be happy to go over to the store and get him some . Ti p didn’t always have rye bread in stock, so I would have to go bac k and s ee him. I didn’t mind too much. Finally after I had gone to th e store t hree times that week, Tip asked me for a date. He took me to t he Orpheu m Ice Cream Parlor and we went upstairs, visited, and ate a ban ana split . From then on we ate lots of banana splits. He took me on m y first dri ve through Yellowstone Park with another couple.
One night we went for a ride and a walk in Ross’ Park. When we got ba c k to the car and Tip took me in his arms and told me he loved me and as ke d me to marry him. I said I had to sleep on this excitement, but I st il l loved him. I didn’t sleep at all that night and was walking on clou d s all the next day. I started over to the store a number of times, bu t t hought I had better wait until our date that night, because I might e mbar rass him with a kiss. I was so happy to see him that night so I cou ld te ll him yes. That following Wednesday Tip called and said he woul d be lat e seeing me, but he had something for me. I stayed up until 10: 30 p.m. , and just before I was going to go to bed, he came with a ring a nd I tho ught it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. In jus t a week Ti p found out he was going to be transferred to Idaho Falls th e last of Oct ober, so we decided to be married November 8, 1937. It wa s exciting to m ake wedding plans, especially since we were going to be m arried in the Sa lt Lake Temple. I made a bus trip to Idaho Falls to hel p Tip find us a n apartment to live in and we finally found one on G Stre et. The day o f our wedding was beautiful and we went into the temple a t 8:00 a.m. an d were married at 4:30 p.m. We spent the night at the Hon eymoon Suite i n the Hotel Utah and the next day my folks fixed dinner fu r us and all o f our relatives.
When we got back to Idaho Falls to live, Tip worked such long hours th a t I wanted to get a job. I went to work at the Woolworth’s there fo r a w hile, but then went to work at Montgomery Wards Department Store i n the l adies department. We then found a house on 7th street to buy an d moved i nto it and lived there for a year.
In November of 1942, Tip was drafted into the army and left the day aft e r Thanksgiving for Salt Lake City. We had just settled into our home w he n World War II broke out, and little did we know what that would mea n t o us. I didn’t hear from him for a week and when I did he was in Par is , Texas, in the Signal Corp. When he found out he would be there fo r a w hile, I decided to go down and stay withe day I arrived there; I wa s so s cared that Tip wouldn’t be able to meet me. We really enjoyed our selves , but Tip had to go to Louisiana for maneuvers and I had to come h ome. A fter two months he came back and I went to visit him again. Hi s brothe r Howard and his wife Martha came and stayed in our Idaho Fall s home whil e I was gone. We found an apartment again in Texas and I go t a job. W e stayed there until just before Christmas and then Tip had t o go over se as and I came home again. I was so sad, but I had been to t he doctor an d he said I was pregnant and would have a baby in July, so t hat made us h appy. I went back to live with my parents in Pocatello. M y brother Jac k had hone into the army and his wife Marjorie was in Pocat ello staying . I didn’t see how my mother and dad stood it.
Thero Richard Tippets was born on July 25, 1944. It was hard to hav e a b aby and take care of it without my husband. Richard was a real cro ss bab y and his food didn’t agree with him. I had to give him special m ornin g milk and then he did fine. He didn’t like to stay in his play pe n eith er. Richard was five months old at Christmas and it was sad not t o hav e his daddy home. Richard grew and learned to walk and he was 16 m onth s old before he saw his daddy, except in a picture. He used to sa y da-d a and kiss his picture. When Tip came home in November of 1945, h e wen t back to work at Safeway. We moved back into our home on 7th stre et an d Howard and Martha moved to a home on 9th street. We had lots o f fun to gether camping, buying, and fixing up a cabin in Island Park i n 1959. Ti p and I also had lots of fun going to the cabin. When Richar d was 6 year s old, we had another baby and named her Marleen. She was b orn January 9 , 1951, but she died at birth. Patricia Ann was born Febru ary 15, 1952 . She was born caesarian. When Patsy Ann was six years old , our famil y got on the train at Pocatello and went to California to se e Howard an d Martha. We all had a wonderful visit and vacation together . I was wor king at the high school cafeteria and Patsy always brought h ome friends f or her dad to fix lunch for. Richard finally got his Eagl e Scout award a fter lots of hard work. I was real proud of him becaus e his father was a n Eagle Scout too. Richard and Patsy both went to sch ool in Idaho Fall s and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Richar d went to Brigham Yo ung University and left for an L.D.S. mission in Bra zil on September 14 , 1963 for two years. My dad (Earnest Nephi Ruchti ) died on June 2, 1964 , while Richard was on his mission. Richard cam e home, graduated from BY U and married Clare Ann Campbell on September 9 , 1966. They then moved t o Portland, Oregon. Patsy also went to BYU an d lived in the dorms. It w as lonesome at our house without her and sh e called a lot. One time sh e called at school and was so sick, but it w as just the chicken pox, s o I was very relieved. She graduated in Eleme ntary Education and came ba ck to Idaho Falls to find a job. She got a j ob teaching in the first gra de at Hawthorne school and often went to you ng adults. There she met Ki m Johnson and thy later married on July 9, 1 975.
Richard and Clare had Todd Richard Tippets on October 30, 1969. It wa s r eally exciting to have a grandson. We were all thrilled when they ca lle d and told us. Lora Lee Tippets was born on May 11, 1973. This tim e i t was wonderful to have a girl and it was nice she was born on Mother ’s D ay. When Jared Nathan was born on February 23, 1976, Patsy went ou t to P ortland to help Clare with the kids. Tip and I also went out to v isit th em, after they moved to Richland, and had lots of fun with them.
Patsy and Kim had Alisa Ann Johnson on April 9, 1977, and Grandpa tend e d her a lot when Patsy and I went shopping. I retired from working a t th e high school in May 1980. In the summer of 1980, Tip was sick. I n Augu st 1980, Tip and I went on a tour trip from Rick’s College to Wash ingto n D.C. and the Hill Cumorah Pageant. In September 1980, Tip ha d a strok e and spent most of his time in the hospital. Kim and Patsy ha d Kari J o Johnson on October 25, 1980. Tip was home for a few days an d so Pats y brought Kari over for a while and he could see her. We too k Tip back t o the hospital the week before Halloween and he never came h ome again. H e died December 6, 1980.
Soon after, Richard and Clare moved from Washington to Salt Lake Cit y . I spent most of my time in the next year after Tip died, visiting Ri ch ard and Clare and going back and forth to California to Martha and How ard ’s home. They were very helpful to help me adjust to my new life. A fto n Boyle and I went to the World’s Fair in New Orleans. It was a thre e we ek tour and we saw a lot of the South, including Butsch Gardens. Ge nev e Gillan and I went on another tour with Ricks College over to Hawaii . T here we saw the Polynesian Arts Center, a dinner cruise over the 4t h of J uly, and took a boat ride over to Pearl Harbor Memorial .
My mother (Mabel Ann Daw) died on July 7, 1982. Jeffrey Johnson was bo r n to Kim and Patsy on January 27, 1984. It was real exciting to hav e a b oy and Kim called me in the middle of the night to tell me.
It was fun having grandkids nearby, but I also enjoyed visiting Richard ’ s family in Salt Lake. It was fun to go to the cabin, but when everyo n e got too busy, we decided to sell it on April 4, 1987. I went on lot s o f camping trips with Patsy’s family during the summer. I remember on e da y their family came to get me for a ballgame and they asked me to g o wit h them to Canada. So, I packed my bas and we left that morning. W e sa w lots of glaciers in Canada and we also saw the beautiful Lake Loui se . We saw a dinosaur quarry and that was neat. At Christmastime in 19 92 , we all flew to California and went to Disneyland and saw the musical , P hantom of the Opera in Los Angeles. The summer of 1993 we went to St . Lo uis, Missouri, and the Mississippi River had flooded all over. We s aw In dependence and the Liberty and Carthage Jails. We also went to Bra nson , Missouri.
I took my granddaughter, Alisa, back to visit Todd and Connie the next s u mmer in North Carolina and we all drove up to Washington D.C. for a fe w d ays. It was a treat for Alisa and me to visit them. We did everythi ng t here was to do.
I have four special friends that I often have things to do with. Cather i ne Blasing and I have been friends since we started grade school togeth e r and go out to lunch together once a week. Afton Boyle and I have tak e n trips to many places and we always go to church together. Donna Trac e y helped me when I had my operation problems. She takes me to the doct o r and we go to church and the temple together. We have been Relief Soc ie ty teaching partners for years. Charlotte Fauts and I travel to Islan d P ark and Jackson, Wyoming, fix each other dinner, and go out to dinne r fo r our special holidays.

Words of Alisa Johnson (granddaughter):

In October of 2001, I fell and hit my head and stayed in Patsy’s home f o r awhile and we decided I couldn’t live on my own anymore. I put up m y ho use for sale and since Alisa was home looking for a job, she took ca re o f me. In January of 2002, I moved to Bountiful House Assisted Livin g Cent er in Bountiful, Utah, so I could be closer to Salt Lake. I alway s wante d to live in a nice place in Salt Lake if I had to give up my hom e .
Richard and Calre came and saw me every day to visit in Bountiful Hous e . Alisa came and took me out to my favorite Kentucky Fried Chicken on T ue sday nights and Kari and Dave came and saw me on Sundays. I liked livi n g at Bountiful House because they played bingo and had lots of nice gir l s to help me. I got lots of phone calls as well .

Ruth Ida Ruchti Tippets died in Bountiful, Utah on Sunday, June 30, 20 0 2 peacefully in her sleep. Her funeral was held on July 6, 2002 at th e C oltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She is buried in the Rose Hil l Ce metery in Idaho Falls, Idaho.