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Beardsley, Ruth
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1923-1990
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Ruth Beardsley (August 4, 1923-April 25, 1990) was born in Sommerville New Jersey to Marjorie (nee White) and Alvaro Beardsley. During the Second World War Beardsley served in United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). She trained at the Naval Training Centre at Hunter College in New York City and then later went to Yeoman training at Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She also took classes in Engineering at the University of Maryland. Later in life she worked as a secretary for American Cyanamid and her and her husband (William H.A. Weber d.1988) founded Weber Trucking Co., Irvington. Beardsley retired from the business in 1980 and passed away in 1990 in Holiday City at the age of 66.
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Created JB 2022.