In Memory Of
Ruth B. Espy
Ruth B. Espy
DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: John Espy 785-478-3532 (Husband)
1. Full Name: Ruth B. Espy Age: 89 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , November 19, 2002
4 Place of death: Residence in Topeka
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: May 8, 1913 Place of birth: Cambridge, MA
6.b. Parents: Ernest F. Bodemer Grace M. Livingston Bodemer
6.c. Years in current city/town: 13 years in Topeka.
7. Background: Grew up in Cambridge MA and completed Master of Library Science at Simmons
College in Boston MA. Married John Espy in 1950. Spent 3 years at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.
They then spent 9 years in Rochester, NY. In 1962 moved to Hong Kong where they worked at Chung Chi
College (The College that Honors Christ). They then spent 3 years in Newton Center, MA, where she
worked as a librarian at the Harvard Business School. They returned to Hong Kong in 1970 and she
worked as a volunteer brail writer and consultant for the Hong Kong Society for the Blind. She retired
from Hong Kong in 1989 and has lived in Topeka since then. She was an active member of the West Side
Baptist Church in Topeka, KS. She was an Eagle Scout in the Girl Scout Organization in Cambridge, MA.
8. Relatives: Married to: John L. Espy on July 8, 1950 in Cambridge, MA. He survives
8.b. preceded in death by:Parents, 4 Brothers: Frederick L., Phillip, Willard L. and Paul B.
Bodemer; 1 Sister, Helen M. Atamian.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: John Espy, Topeka, KS; 2 Sons: Lincoln Lee Espy of Kansas City, KS, and John Mark
Espy of Lawrence, KS; 1 Foster Daughter, Brenda Mitchell, of Shelburne, VT. 6 Grandchildren
9. Service time, day, date, place: Memorial service will be scheduled at a later time.
10. Burial:
11. Visitation times, place: . None
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: None
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
Director: Sue Brueggemann
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: John Espy 785-478-3532 (Husband)
1. Full Name: Ruth B. Espy Age: 89 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , November 19, 2002
4 Place of death: Residence in Topeka
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: May 8, 1913 Place of birth: Cambridge, MA
6.b. Parents: Ernest F. Bodemer Grace M. Livingston Bodemer
6.c. Years in current city/town: 13 years in Topeka.
7. Background: Grew up in Cambridge MA and completed Master of Library Science at Simmons
College in Boston MA. Married John Espy in 1950. Spent 3 years at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.
They then spent 9 years in Rochester, NY. In 1962 moved to Hong Kong where they worked at Chung Chi
College (The College that Honors Christ). They then spent 3 years in Newton Center, MA, where she
worked as a librarian at the Harvard Business School. They returned to Hong Kong in 1970 and she
worked as a volunteer brail writer and consultant for the Hong Kong Society for the Blind. She retired
from Hong Kong in 1989 and has lived in Topeka since then. She was an active member of the West Side
Baptist Church in Topeka, KS. She was an Eagle Scout in the Girl Scout Organization in Cambridge, MA.
8. Relatives: Married to: John L. Espy on July 8, 1950 in Cambridge, MA. He survives
8.b. preceded in death by:Parents, 4 Brothers: Frederick L., Phillip, Willard L. and Paul B.
Bodemer; 1 Sister, Helen M. Atamian.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: John Espy, Topeka, KS; 2 Sons: Lincoln Lee Espy of Kansas City, KS, and John Mark
Espy of Lawrence, KS; 1 Foster Daughter, Brenda Mitchell, of Shelburne, VT. 6 Grandchildren
9. Service time, day, date, place: Memorial service will be scheduled at a later time.
10. Burial:
11. Visitation times, place: . None
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: None
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
Director: Sue Brueggemann
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