Linda Loofbourrow Schulte and Margie Hockaday Kinnaman's visit with Uncle Vercill and Aunt Ruth Loofbourrow at their home in Pomona, CA:
" I was touched today by the optimism and grace of my Aunt Ruth and Uncle Vercill. After a difficult year of health issues, Aunt Ruth's response to being asked how she was feeling was simply "It's been a year of new experiences." When we ended our visit, they made the effort to stand hand-in-hand by the door to say goodbye. In their late 80's and married for 62 years, they still smile at each other like teenagers."

Written by Linda on facebook, 25 August 2010 at 10:25pm. ‏(Used with permission.)‏

Ruth and Cousin Elsie Johnson both graduated from Pomona High School in 1946.

Ruth's first job was at Kresses, Pomona, CA; later, she was employed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Pomona office.

Ruth's maternal grandparents were pioneers in the Pomona Valley. ‏(Her grandfather was born in Denmark.)‏ They came to Pomona before 1889; Ruth's mother, Mabel C. ‏(Hansen)‏ Nixon was born in Pomona in 1889.

Ron Snow lived next to Ruth's aunt and uncle, her mom's oldest sister Annie Cappers. Ron used to play on the Cappers old covered wagon when he was young. Ruth remembers that her aunt and uncle said they used that covered wagon to go to Yosemite in about 1914; it was a several months' trip for them.