Ruth Ellen Geyer
Sept. 27, 1861-March 28, 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, March 31, 1930, page 4, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral Services Are Held in South Bend Today for Mrs. Geyer
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Ella Ribble Geyer, wife of Rev. Albin C. Geyer, retired minister who died in the St. Joseph hospital Friday afternoon at 4:45. The services were held in her home with the Rev. B.D. Beck, district superintendent of the Methodist church officiating. Burial was made in Silver Brook cemetery in Niles.
Mrs. Geyer, daughter of Tobias and Rebecca Ribble, was born at Niles and educated in the public schools here. She was untied in marriage with A.C. Geyer, a school teacher in the community and shortly afterward he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. Together they began the ministry on South Bend c circuit thirty-nine years ago. Among the churches they served were the Thorntown church and st. Paul's church, Lafayette, Ind.; the Fourth street church, Sterling, Ill.; First Church in Alton, Ill.; and the First Church in Carbondale, Ill.
Last September Mr. and Mrs. Geyer deciding to retire from active life, returned to South Bend, locating on Dixie highway north in Wooddale.
Surviving Mrs. Geyer, besides her husband, are three daughters, Mrs. W.W.H. Mustaine, Albany, N.Y.' Mrs. H.P. Maas, New York City, and Mrs. C.R. Megowen, Toledo, O.; also two brothers, Amos F. Ribble, Niles and John J., South Bend and three sisters, Mrs. B.F. Willard, South Bend, Mrs. C.H. Johnson and Mrs. Julia Childs, Niles.