Ruth Elaine ADAMS

1896 - 1973  (76 years)

• Name	Ruth Elaine ADAMS
  Born	24 Jun 1896	Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  Cause of Death	Hypertension, heart attack
  Died	Jan 1973	Houston, Harris, Texas
  Buried	Catholic Cemetery, Houston, Texas
  Person ID	I33160	Main
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Newton J. ADAMS,   b. 1858, Switzerland County, Indiana ,   d. 26 Oct 1905, Ghent, Carroll, Kentucky  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Annette Nettie L. GIBBS,   b. Mar 1862, Switzerland County, Indiana ,   d. Ohio or Kentucky
  Married	7 Jul 1878
  Family ID	F11303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frederick Arthur GREENWOOD,   d. ?
  Children	1. Dwight Frederick GREENWOOD,   b. 21 Sep 1919,   d. 22 Dec 1984, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age 65 years)   2. Donald Gregg Adams GREENWOOD,   b. 18 Feb 1921, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan ,   d. Mar 1983, Stark, Princeville, Illinois  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lawrence Blazius KRATZ,   b. 13 Jul 1891,   d. Apr 1964, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Ruth KRATZ,   d. ?   2. Richard Lawrence KRATZ,   b. 14 Jun 1927,   d. 13 Aug 1975, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 48 years)   3. Gordon Adams KRATZ,   b. 18 Sep 1936,   d. 18 Nov 1999, Washington, DC  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ruth cared for both her sister Bessie, in ill-health, and her mother, Nettie, paying all their expenses while trying to raise her two sons from Lawrence Kratz. There are a large number of receipts that Ruth kept, documenting some of the quite large expenses Nettie ran up and which Ruth had to pay. Her sons all sent her money regularly to help. In later years, Ruth Elaine, changed her name to Elaine, and as a song-writer and musician (per family lore) she actually changed her birthdate, which, when she was ready for Social Security, took some considerable straightening out on the part of her son Gordon. Ruth had a stroke in her mid-70s and while visiting with her son Richard's family in Houston in 1973, she had a heart attack and died at their home. Richard arranged that she be buried in the Catholic cemetery in Houston, and later, after his death, he was buried beside her.