Ruth Guilford

Lena Ruth Fahnstock born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to William Seffley Fahnstock and Mary Elena Fahnstock and Theodore Fletcher Mead of Morrisville, New York, Physician married June 10, 1912, in Ithaca, New York.

Lena Ruth Fahnestock, New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com

 “Captain Theodore F. Mead, U.S.M.C., serving in France with the 104th Field Artillery, died October 30 of wounds received in action, according to word received by Mrs. Mead at the home of her mother, Mary L. Fahnestock, 207 Steward avenue….
  Besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Ruth Fahnestock, Captain Mead is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth, and his mother, Mrs. Frank C. McCoy of North Tonawawanda.”

“Wounds Fatal To Capt. Mead Dies Oct. 30,” Ithaca Journal, November 23, 1918, 5.

Ruth F Mead and Edward F Guilford married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1920.

Ruth F Mead, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885-1951, Ancestry.com

“Guilford Ruth F (nee Fahnestock), Oct. 16, 1977, at Suncoast Manor St. Petersburg, Fla., wife of the late Edward F. and beloved mother of Mrs. Otto C. Lee of So. Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, Pa….”

Death Notices Ruth F Guilford, Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), October 22, 1977, 5-C.