Lévesque/Bishop Genealogy - Person Sheet
Lévesque/Bishop Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameRuth Loakes Coles 
Birth23 Oct 1892, Saline, MI
Death25 Sep 1962, Vero Beach, FL
OccupationTeacher, Nurse
FatherWalter Coles (1850-1928)
MotherLydia Bridget Loakes (1857-1920)
Spouses
Birth27 May 1894, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Death7 Mar 1960, Vero Beach, FL
Burial10 Mar 1960, Vero Beach, FL
OccupationChief Engineer for Pierre Marquette Railroad
OccupationChief Engineer - Akron, Canton, Youngstown Railroad
Degree1917 - BSE Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
FatherJoseph Firmin Lévesque (1865-1929)
MotherRosalia O'Sullivan (1868-1953)
Marriage23 Jan 19181
ChildrenFirmin Joseph (1918-2005)
Ruth Marie (1921-1992)
John Walter (1923-2004)
William Joseph (1927-2007)
Richard Thomas (1929-1996)
Zoanne Rose (1931-2008)
Notes for Ruth Loakes Coles
My mother [Ruth Loakes Coles] met my father [Firmin Joseph Bishop] at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He was an engineering student and she was a student nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital. Don Roberts [son of Jim Roberts, husband of Orvilla Coles] remembers going to the office of Dr. Brakie to have a tape worm removed and my mother was working in his office at the time.1
Notes for Firmin Joseph (Spouse 1)
Obituary - Thursday, March 10, 1960 - Vero Beach, FL
F.J. Bishop Is Taken by Death; Rites Today
Firmin J. Bishop, 66 of 1825 47th Avenue, died Monday morning.
He was a retired civil engineer who moved to Vero Beach a year ago from Akron, Ohio. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan, Class of 1917, and was chief engineer for Pierre Marquette Railroad and the Akron, Canton, Youngstown Railroad.
Mr. Bishop was prominent in railroad engineering circles, serving as chairman of Track committee of the American Railroad Association. He is listed in Who’s Who of American Railroad Men. He retired in 1959.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bishop; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Guerin, Vero Beach, and Mrs. Zoanne Flickenger, Boston, Mass.; four sons, Firmin J. Bishop, Denver, Col.; Dr. John W. Bishop, Eugene, Oregon, W. J. Bishop, Stuart, Fla., and R. T. Bishop, Vero Beach; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Casagrand, Detroit, Mich., Miss Helen Bishop, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Browder, Detroit; and three brothers, Mike, Ping and Bob, all of Detroit.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) from the Floyd Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Dr. Harold Faust officiating. Burial will follow in Crestlawn Cemetery.
F.J. Bishop Is Taken by Death; Rites Today
Firmin J. Bishop, 66 of 1825 47th Avenue, died Monday morning.
He was a retired civil engineer who moved to Vero Beach a year ago from Akron, Ohio. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan, Class of 1917, and was chief engineer for Pierre Marquette Railroad and the Akron, Canton, Youngstown Railroad.
Mr. Bishop was prominent in railroad engineering circles, serving as chairman of Track committee of the American Railroad Association. He is listed in Who’s Who of American Railroad Men. He retired in 1959.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Bishop; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Guerin, Vero Beach, and Mrs. Zoanne Flickenger, Boston, Mass.; four sons, Firmin J. Bishop, Denver, Col.; Dr. John W. Bishop, Eugene, Oregon, W. J. Bishop, Stuart, Fla., and R. T. Bishop, Vero Beach; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Casagrand, Detroit, Mich., Miss Helen Bishop, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Browder, Detroit; and three brothers, Mike, Ping and Bob, all of Detroit.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) from the Floyd Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Dr. Harold Faust officiating. Burial will follow in Crestlawn Cemetery.