Dr Ruth Vivian Littlefield

Brief Life History of Ruth Vivian

When Dr Ruth Vivian Littlefield was born on 14 August 1919, in Exira, Audubon, Iowa, United States, her father, Alonzo Follansbee Littlefield Jr, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Caroline Wahlert, was 35. She married Dr Phillips Albert Dunford Jr in 1945. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Exira Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 23 August 1996, in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr Phillips Albert Dunford Jr
1919–2004
Dr Ruth Vivian Littlefield
1919–1996
Marriage: 1945
Micheal Edward Dunford
1948–2021
Dennis John Dunford
1948–1982

Sources (15)

  • Ruth Littlefield in household of Follie Littlefield, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Ruth Vivian Littlefield, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Ruth V Dunford Md, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Littlefield Green in White Waltham, Berkshire. The placename derives from Old English lȳtel ‘little’ + feld ‘open country’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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