People

: Ruby (Whelan) Gaither; She was born in Roseland, Nebraska to Bert Whelan and Bertha (Hohlfeld) Whelan. Her father was a farmer. Her mother was a homemaker and the daughter of German immigrants. Ruby attended grade school in Roseland and Kenesaw, Nebraska, and then attended Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, where she received a Bachelor’s of Science degree. She married Roy Oliver Gaither in Nebraska on August 20, 1924. The 1930 census shows them living with three children and Roy’s mother in Arcadia, Nebraska, where Roy was a clergyman at the Methodist Church and Ruby was a homemaker. In 1940, they lived in Crawford, Nebraska, where Roy was also a clergyman. They moved to Palisade, Colorado on July 1, 1943, when he became the minister at Palisade United Methodist Church. They moved to Clifton in 1945. She taught at Palisade High School for eight years and at Central High School for twelve years.