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Ruby Ooton 1904 - 1998

Ruby Ooton of Effingham, Effingham County, IL was born on October 11, 1904, and died at age 94 years old on November 29, 1998.
Ruby Ooton
Effingham, Effingham County, IL 62401
October 11, 1904
November 29, 1998
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  • 10/11
    1904

    Birthday

    October 11, 1904
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  • 11/29
    1998

    Death

    November 29, 1998
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    Ruby Ooton lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruby Ooton was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1928, she was 24 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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