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Submitted: 8/19/21 • Approved: 8/19/21 • Last Updated: 8/22/21 • R448784-G0-S3
1938-1955
Thy Will Be Done
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
CANYON, Tex. (AP) - Two West Texas State College students were killed and two others critically injured when their car and a Greyhound bus collided at an underpass just north of here last night.
Killed were Winfred Doyle Russell, 20, Estelline, and Helen Ruth Rittenhouse, 17, Borger. Critically injured were Gene Roy Peggram, 21, Quail, driver of the car, and Dyalthia L. Bradshaw, 18, Bovina.
Three passengers aboard the bus were treated for minor injuries and released.
(Published in The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) - Wed, Dec 14, 1955 - Page 1)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Helen Ruth Rittenhouse
Date of Birth: 27 Jun 1938
Gender: Female
Birth County: Gray
Father's name: Ralph Rittenhouse
Mother's name: Lena May Rittenhouse
Roll number: 1938_0007
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Helen Ruth Rittenhouse
Death Date: 13 Dec 1955
Death County: Randall
Certificate: 63429
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Helen Ruth Rittenhouse
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1938
Birth Place: Pampa, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Ralph Rittenhouse
Mother: Lena Rittenhouse
Age at Death: 17
Death Date: 13 Dec 1955
Death Place: Canyon, Randall, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/19/21
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