Clella Ruth Drollinger

1929 - 2016  (87 years)

• Name	Clella Ruth Drollinger
  Birth	14 Feb 1929	Roosevelt, Duchesne, UT
  	14 Feb 1929 Roosevelt, Utah per Clella Ruth (Drollinger) Smith herself November 1995.
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Oct 2016	Layton, Davis, UT
  	LAYTON - Clella Ruth Drollinger Smith, 87, passed away October 21, 2016 in Layton. Ruth was born February 14, 1929 in Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah in the Uintah Basin the daughter of Franklin Sylvanus Drollinger and Hazel Lucetta Hardman. She married Darrell Wilmot Smith on December 19, 1947 in the Logan LDS Temple. She attended elementary schools in Roosevelt and Myton, Utah. Her family moved to Logan, Utah where she attended 7th grade. She attended 8th grade in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, when she lived with her Aunt Minnie Ashton and Grandmother Hardman. She went to 9th grade at Lewiston Jr. High and graduated from North Cache High in Richmond, Cache, Utah, in 1947 as an honors student. Family and friends meant the world to Ruth. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed serving the Lord in many capacities: Primary, MIA, Relief Society and 25 years in scouting. She enjoyed the comradery of sharing hours of labor on the Layton Utah Stake Center when it was being built, also working on welfare and canning assignments. She started doing genealogy with her mother at age 12. She and her husband served in the LDS Name Extraction Program starting in 1982 and continued through their LDS Missions in Family History in both the Texas Houston Mission, 1991-93, and the Georgia Atlanta Mission, 1995-96. They continued extracting when they moved to Perry, Utah, 1997-2004, until Ruth's eyes gave out in 2002. They moved back to Layton, Utah October 2004. Surviving are her six children, Linda (Rulon) Terry, Layton, UT; Kent (Susan) Smith, Syracuse, UT; Debra Shields and Kathi Fletcher, both of Layton, UT; April (Thomas) Harrison, Castle Dale, UT; and Julie (Brent) Justensen, Syracuse, UT; sister LaVerne Rogers, Carlsbad, NM; three sisters-in-law, Jill Drollinger, Richmond, UT; Jeanne Drollinger, Apache Junction, AZ; and Merleen Orvin, Caldwell, ID; 33 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson. Preceded in death by her husband Darrell, brothers, John, Vance, and Danton Drollinger, sisters Mary Drollinger, Velda Gowen, and Peggy Mayer, son-in-law David Shields, and step-grandson Jeffery Rasmussen. The family expresses their appreciation to friends, family and Symbii Hospice for their help in caring for Ruth. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit family Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday one hour prior to services. Interment, Richmond, Utah Cemetery at 1:30 p.m.
  Burial	29 Oct 2016	Richmond, Utah
  Person ID	I5952	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Franklin Sylvanus Drollinger,   b. 5 Aug 1899, Payson, Utah, UT d. 3 Mar 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Hazel Lucetta Hardman,   b. 18 Oct 1901, Osmond, Uinta, WY d. 11 Oct 1969, Tremonton, Box Elder, UT (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F2002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Darrell Wilmot Smith,   b. 11 Jun 1924, Richmond, Cache, UT d. 3 Sep 2008, Layton, Davis, Utah (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1947	Logan, Cache, UT
  	Date and place per Clella Ruth (Drollinger) Smith November 1995.
  Children	+ 1. Linda Smith + 2. Kent Dee Smith + 3. Debra "Debbie" Smith + 4. Kathi Smith + 5. April Smith + 6. Julie Smith
  Family ID	F4239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 14 Feb 1929 - Roosevelt, Duchesne, UT Marriage - 19 Dec 1947 - Logan, Cache, UT Death - 21 Oct 2016 - Layton, Davis, UT Burial - 29 Oct 2016 - Richmond, Utah  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Clella Ruth Drollinger & Darrell Wilmot Smith had a total of six children according to Clella Ruth (Drollinger) Smith herself on November 1995. Ruth's current number: (801) 544-5713 (living with her daughter, Debbie) From: Robert Fletcher Mailed-By: comcast.net To: David Drollinger Date: Oct 2, 2005 9:36 PM Subject: Drollinger Information Requested Hi David, Sorry this took so long to get to you. I hope this is what you were looking for. I tried to send 2 attachments but the Organizational chart was too big. I'll have to mail this one to you. The attached Excel file has all the information - I think - that you needed for Ruth's family. Please make note that the Excel spread sheet has 3 tabs. One for Ruth's children, the second for Grandchildren and the third one for Great Grandchildren. I had a nice discussion with my mother, Ruth, this afternoon to verify the information about the "nicknames" we had discussed. Here is what she passed on: - Jessie Drollinger was teased extensively about her name and became extra sensitive about it because of all the teasing. The kids use to call her "Jessie James" and other names. She did not have a middle name - the only one in the family that didn't - and could not switch to her middle name. When she was old enough to change her name, she did. She goes by Laverne and hates it when others call her Jessie. - John Drollinger was known by everyone as "Bud". Aunt Delsa (one of Hazel's younger sisters) thought he looked just like a "rose bud" when he was born and the name "Bud" stuck. - Clella Ruth Drollinger was known as Clella all through school up through 9th grade. Teacher's would whine about how to pronounce her name. So when she signed up for 10th grade she made the name change to Ruth and has been known as Ruth ever since. She was always called "Ruthie" at home. She never had a problem being called Clella. Just change to her middle name so others could pronounce her name easier. Mom said she had tried to call you a time or two. But never got anyone to answer. I know she'd love to hear from you. When you get a chance, give her a call - (801) 544-5713. Mom and Dad are living with one of my older sisters - Debbie. So don't be surprised if you get Deb, Dave, Jakob, Darrell or Ruth. You'll have 1 chance in 5 to get Ruth to answer. That's about it and one more item off my long list of things to do. Regards, Kathi I corresponded with Ruth in the early 1980s while I was stationed in Aschaffenberg 1982 to 1985. I'm not sure where she got my address from, possibly "Everton's genealogical helper" a now defunct publication or one of the Augustan Society's publications. I sent her a copy of the Familian Register from Ellmendingen that pleased her no end. It was through her I corresponded with the late Alan Trullinger of Carrington SD. He was a delightful man who worked on his Ds and Ts and whose typewriter couldn't spell. (An inside joke between us) Ruth and I corresponded for a while and she got a lot of data for me from my Ullmann and Vogel lines in Lollar and Mainzlar Hessen. Unfortunately she had the misfortune of running into some health problems that left me hanging on a Johannes Schupp. We did continue to correspond even though she was not able to do further work. Gordon L. Drollinger