Sixth Generation

347. Daniel Ackley FELL III⁴ was born on 21 Mar 1898.¹³³ He died about 1964.²⁶⁷

Daniel Ackley FELL III and Ruth DILWORTH were married about 1928 in Ardmore, Carter , Oklahoma.²⁶⁷ Ruth DILWORTH was born on 19 Aug 1906 in Ardmore, Carter , Oklahoma.²⁶⁸ Her Obituary appeared in the The Oklahoman on 8 Jul 2006 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma Ruth Dilworth Fell, 99, of Norman, Oklahoma, died Thursday, July 6, 2006, at home. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, July 10, 2006, at Norman I.O.O.F. Cemetery with Reverend Pam Normile officiating. Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma. Ruth Dilworth Fell was born August 19, 1906 to Walter Lucien and Margaret Griffin Dilworth. She attended primary and secondary schools in Ardmore, Oklahoma and graduated from Ardmore High School in 1924. She had one brother, William Sherrod Dilworth, who predeceased her in 1989. She attended the University of Oklahoma from which she was graduated as a Bachelor of Arts & Science in 1928, and in 1941 as a Master of Arts in English Literature. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa. She married Daniel Ackley Fell III in Ardmore in 1928 and they were married until his death in 1964. They had one daughter, Margaret, who resides with her husband Dr. Thomas W. Thurston in Norman. Ruth Fell resided in Wewoka until 1943 when they moved to Norman where she resided until her death. She was a member of the faculty of the University of Oklahoma until her retirement in 1976. Following her retirement from OU she served for a number of years at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, until her second retirement in 1995. She is survived by her daughter, Margaret Thurston, of Norman; two grandchildren, Thomas W. Thurston Jr., of Norman and Catherine Thurston Carroll, of Edmond; two nephews, Robert H. Dilworth, of Arlington, VA and James Y. Dilworth, of El Paso, TX; two nieces, Elizabeth Fell Oven, of Enid, OK and Frances Fell Malone, of Houston, TX; and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by many whom she served as teacher, friend, colleague and mentor. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Norman Regional Hospital Foundation, P. O. Box 1665, Norman, Oklahoma 73070. Send condolences online at
She died Thursday, July 6, 2006 in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma.²⁶⁸