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RUTH CREAGH McPHERSON celebrates her 100^th birthday.

Former Orient resident turns 100

Ruth (Creagh) McPherson, formerly of Orient, S.D., celebrated her 100th birthday on June 6, 2012 at her home in Palmdale, Calif.

It was a small gathering, with her two sons, Vernon from Huntsville, Texas, and Dave and his friend Darlene from Portland, Ore; niece Jeanie Muehl from Garden Grove, Calif; her next door neighbor of many years; and her caretaker. 

Ruth was raised on the Creagh farm in the Orient/Miller area. She worked in Miller and Custer as a waitress. With the outbreak of WW II Ruth and her sister-in-law Grace Creagh moved to California and worked at Douglas Aircraft, where they became the well-known “Rosie the Riveter” girls.

When the war was over, she went back to being a waitress.

She met and married Don McPherson and helped raise his two sons. A third son was killed in a car accident after they were married.  

She has had a long and happy life and still loves to make jokes and laugh.  Her address is: Ruth McPherson, 38644 La Delle Ave, Palmdale, CA 93550.