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Ruth Genieve Kennedy Goodbread

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Born: 18 Feb 1907 in Swissvale, Allegheny County, PA
Married: Raymond Edward Goodbread on 14 Oct 1930 at ???
Died:21 Jun 2004; Sarver, Butler County, PA, buried at Sarverville Cemetery

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Grandparents  unknown
unknownEllis Hesselgesser
Sarah Elizabeth McGinnis
Parents  Harry Ellsworth Kennedy
Nellie Hesselgesser
Siblings  Ruth Genieve KennedyMarion Elizabeth KenedyRebecca Mae KennedyFlorence Spencer KennedyHarry Eugene KennedyHelen Marie Kennedy
Children  Ramona Ruth Goodbread Rachel Ann Goodbread 

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Biographical information was last updated: August 30, 2025.

Ruth Kennedy Goodbread Obituary:

Ruth K. Goodbread, 97, formerly of Butler, died Monday.

Born Feb. 18, 1907, in Swissvale, she was the daughter of Harry E. and Nellie Hesselgesser Kennedy.

After graduating from Slippery Rock State College, she was a teacher. She later was a clerk at the Butler County Treasurer's office.

She was a member of the First Methodist Church and formerly was the Sunday school superintendent at the Freeport Methodist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Ramona Gutierrez of Wheaton, Ill., and Mrs. Richard (Rachel) Honquest of Iverness, Ill.; a brother, Eugene Kennedy of Cabot; a sister, Mrs. Mae Plyler of Butler; four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Raymond Goodbread, who died in 1960; and three sisters.

Ruth & Raymond Goodbread tombstone:

Raymond & Ruth Goodbread tombstone

References

Last data update: Aug 30, 2025

Find A Grave internet website for grave markers, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66677681/ruth-goodbread Citation post date: 2025-08-30

Personal genealogical research information and notes provided by James E. Sutton III, Research conducted in Aug 2025 Citation post date: 2025-08-30

Personal genealogical research information and notes provided by Nancy Lee (Hesselgesser) Sutton, Citation post date: 2006-07-29

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