INGRAM, Reta (Wilcox) (Eugene, OR)

 

RETA HELEN (Wilcox) INGRAM 

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Rita Ingram"

PHOTO TAKEN: Kennell-Ellis Studio, Eugene OR (in operation from 1924-2004), circa 1940?

PURCHASED: 2021 Antique Peddlars, Springfield OR

During research, I found her first name spelled RITA, RETA and RHEATA. On her marriage registry, it is spelled "Reta", so I am assuming this is the accurate spelling.

• Born in Minnesota or Ontario Canada, 3-Mar-1894 (or 1898).
• Died in Eugene Oregon 15-Feb-1978

Reta was a nurse, trained in the Sister Kenny method for the treatment of Polio. She was later a physical therapist at the Eugene Hospital.

1920 CENSUS > MINNESOTA > STEARNS COUNTY > ST CLOUD > 503 8th Ave S.

• BOWING, A E, head, 53 widowed, merchant in retail grocery
• BOWING, Isabell E., mother, 79 widowed
• BOWING, Erwin E., son, 27 single, no occupation
• WILCOX, Rheata H., nurse, 25 single, born in Toronto CAN to English & New Zealand parents, nurse at private home

1930 CENSUS > OREGON > LANE COUNTY > EUGENE > EUGENE HOSPITAL > Willamette Street

• WILCOX, Reta H., lodger, 36 (born abt 1894), single, born in Canada (English) of English and New Zealand parents, immigrated 1898, physio-therapist at hospital

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Married James Clyde Ingram (son of William Wiley Ingram & Agnes Wooley). He was a fireman, later engineer, (d. 10 Sept 1968). They were married in Portland Oregon on October 31, 1931.

1940 CENSUS > OREGON > LANE COUNTY > EUGENE > COLLEGE CREST Dist > Sunset Row Rte 4

• INGRAM, James C., head, 45, born in Oregon, unable to work, no occupation listed
• INGRAM, Reta H., wife, 46, born in Minnesota, physio-therapy at hospital

Reta Ingram died of pneumonia, age 83 in Eugene OR. 

This obituary was sourced from Find-a-Grave.