Ruth Lucretia (Doerr) Tindall

IN MEMORY OF: Ruth Lucretia (Doerr)Tindall Serving Location: CRAIN FUNERAL HOME – MURPHYSBORO 1421 Walnut Street, Murphysboro, Illinois Ruth Lucretia (Doerr) Tindall passed away at 1:28 AM, Saturday, February 4th in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. She was born April 8th, 1930, at home on the Doerr family farm in Vergennes Township, the fourth child and only daughter of Clyde and Florence Ida (Easterling) Doerr. She grew up attending the single room Bost School and following graduation from Vergennes High School, where she was a cheerleader, accepted a scholarship to Southern Illinois Normal University, and shortly thereafter changed course, to enroll in E.E. Baker School of Beauty and Cosmetology in Carbondale, where she achieved straight A’s and graduated in due course, after which she embarked on a sixty-plus year career as a beautician, operating her own shop in Vergennes and then Murphysboro. She married James White “Jim” Tindall on August 3, 1952, at the United Methodist Church in Vergennes, and they shared over fifty-six years of marriage. Ruth was elected to three terms as Alderman for Murphysboro Ward 3 and appointed as Mayor Pro-Tem. She served on the Jackson Country Club Board, as multi-term president of the University of Illinois Home Extension/Murphysboro Day Unit, and with her good friend, Kay Bozarth, as co-chair of the Apple Festival Prayer Breakfast. She enjoyed golf, entertaining, a good joke or story, traveling, and being with those she loved. Ruth was an excellent cook who made sure her family and friends’ body and souls were nourished. She was passionate about flower gardening and birds. She was involved in civic organizations such as the Saint Joseph Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, a deacon at First Presbyterian Church of Murphysboro, a fifty-plus year member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, and an active member of her Sunday School classes at Murphysboro United Methodist Church – Seekers, and later, Faithful Friends. Ruth is survived by her daughters, Debra Denise Tindall, and Julie Ann (John) Erbes, grandson Andrew Fredric Erbes, his fiancé Christie and her daughters, Lydia and Marcella, all of Murphysboro; grandson Aaron James (Elizabeth) Erbes, great-grandsons Edison James and Shepherd John Philip of San Diego, California; brother Ray Doerr of Vergennes, sister-in-law Bettye (Shupe) Doerr of Carbondale, and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Ida, husband, James, brother, William “Bill” Doerr, sister-in-law, Imogene Schimpf Doerr, brother Harlen (Ramona Wisely) Doerr, and brother Max (Sarah Parrish) Doerr. Funeral services are Thursday, February 9th at 11:30 AM at the Murphysboro United Methodist Church – 1500 Pine Street – Pastor Marty McMichael and Michelle Parker-Clark officiating. Visitation will proceed at the church from 9 AM until the time of service, with interment to follow at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park on Old Route 13. Memorials may be made to Parrish Cemetery c/o Tama Weil/639 Weil Rd./Vergennes, IL 62994 or to the Children and Youth Programs at Murphysboro United Methodist Church. Crain Funeral Home in Murphysboro is assisting the family with the arrangements. The service will be streamed through the Murphysboro United Methodist Church web page.

Ruth Lucretia (Doerr) Tindall

April 8, 1930 - February 4, 2023