Ruth (Wetzel) Shaver
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Title
Ruth (Wetzel) Shaver
Subject
Shaver, Ruth Marie Wetzel (1924-2017)
Description
Portrait photograph of Ruth (Wetzel) Shaver as a young woman wearing a necklace and pin with her off-the-shoulder dress.
Ruth was the daughter of William Luther and Mary Ellen (Gochenour) Wetzel. They lived on a farm just outside of Woodstock on property that is now owned by the town.
Her first husband was James Berlin George. The couple had a son together but that marriage did not last.
Her second husband, also divorced, was Russell Edwin Shaver, a 45-year old service station attendant originally from West Virginia. They married in 1960 in Woodstock.
Ruth is remembered for having owned and operated the Stonewall Terrace Gift Shop and opened the R and R Trading Post, a family restaurant, gift shop and gas station.
She was also partners with Dick and Elaine Strawderman in the Double S Catering Service for many years.
After she retired, she worked in the cafeteria at Dunham Bush and later was a demo representative at Costco.
She is buried in Alonzaville, Shenandoah County.
Ruth was the daughter of William Luther and Mary Ellen (Gochenour) Wetzel. They lived on a farm just outside of Woodstock on property that is now owned by the town.
Her first husband was James Berlin George. The couple had a son together but that marriage did not last.
Her second husband, also divorced, was Russell Edwin Shaver, a 45-year old service station attendant originally from West Virginia. They married in 1960 in Woodstock.
Ruth is remembered for having owned and operated the Stonewall Terrace Gift Shop and opened the R and R Trading Post, a family restaurant, gift shop and gas station.
She was also partners with Dick and Elaine Strawderman in the Double S Catering Service for many years.
After she retired, she worked in the cafeteria at Dunham Bush and later was a demo representative at Costco.
She is buried in Alonzaville, Shenandoah County.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Sept 1946".
Contributor
Identified in 2009 by Arlene Hamman.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Ruth (Wetzel) Shaver appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003016, 017791 and 027489.
Identifier
017791
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Ruth (Wetzel) Shaver,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/47805.
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