Edna Lee Ruggles

Edna Lee Ruggles, 93 of Silvis, IL, died Sunday, October 24, 2004 at Illini Restorative Care Center, Silvis. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, Illinois. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline. Memorials may be given to the activity fund at Illini Restorative Care Center. The former Edna Lee Bigham was born July 30, 1911 in Apache, Oklahoma. The daughter of William and Gussie (Booth) Bigham. She married Ralph Roseboom in 1932 in Keithsburg, Illinois, later she married Garland Ruggles on September 17, 1955 in Kewanee, Illinois, he preceded her in death on January 1, 1996. At one time Edna was a self employed beautician operating a beauty shop in Rock Island, Illinois and was a beautician in Aledo, Illinois. Later she was the circulation manager of Gun Report Magazine. But for most of her life Edna and her husband had stable standard bred horses for harness racing at Ruggles Stables. She was a past member of the United States Trotting Association. Edna's life was her family, and will be greatly missed by all of them. Survivors include her three daughters and sons-in-law, Martha and Mike Durham, East Moline, Geri and Rex Rusk, Silvis, and Anna and Cliff Borkgren, North Henderson, IL; three sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Bobbi Roseboom, Mount Vernon, IL, Larry and Donna Roseboom, Streator, IL, and Gary and Nancy Ruggles, Aledo; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Ola Finch and Violet Liggett, both of Aledo; and a sister-in-law, Pettis Bigham of Silvis. She was preceded in death by a brother, Don Bigham and two grandsons, DelMichael Roseboom and William Beard.