Clarence Wallace Ruland

1874 - 1941  (67 years)

• Name	Clarence Wallace Ruland
  Nickname	Mose
  Born	1874	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 May 1941	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Buried	5 May 1941	Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I32995	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles Wallace Ruland,   b. Mar 1846, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 1919, Patchogue Congregational Church, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Phebe Roe Davis,   b. Apr 1853, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 28 Mar 1931, Patchogue Congregational Church, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F9451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor L. Murray,   b. 2 Aug 1893, New York City, New York, New York, United States ,   d. 29 Apr 1975, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Notes	prior marriage to May; had son, Clarence Wallace Ruland, Junior, born calculated 1905
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F12281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died at home, 144 North Ocean Avenue Obituary - Clarence Wallace Ruland, aged 66, who for the past 47 years was a member of the Patchogue undertaking firm of C.W. Ruland Sons, died early Saturday of a heart ailment at his home, 144 North Ocean Avenue, following an illness of two weeks. Known to a great number of friends as "Mose," Mr. Ruland who, in addition to prominence in his profession, was one of Suffolk's outstanding outdoor sportsmen, was born in Patchogue, a son of the late Charles Wallace and Phebe R. Davis Ruland. In 1856, his father established the Ruland undertaking firm that has been carried on ever since. In his younger days, Mr. Ruland was active in sporting circles, particularly bicycle racing, in which he was one of the leaders in this section. In recent years, he had devoted most of his spare time to fishing and hunting, on Long Island, in up-state New York and in Canada. He also was an ardent ice scooter enthusiast. Active in Masonry, he was a member of the Kisment Temple, A.A.O.M.S., in Brooklyn; Patchogue Commandery, Knights Templars; Suwasset Chapter, R.A.M. of Patchogue; and South Side Lodge, F. and A.M., of Patchogue; also of the Patchogue Exempt Firemen's Association, and the Euclid Hose Company of the Patchogue Fire Department, and he was a trustee of the Cedar Grove Cemetery. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Murray Ruland of Patchogue; a son by a former marriage, C. Wallace Ruland, Jr., East Patchogue, who at his father's death, was in the vicinity of Honolulu, aboard the U.S. Army transport, John R. Hanay, on which he was stationed; two sisters, Mrs. Wilson G. Terry of Freeport and Miss Ethel Ruland of Patchogue, and a brother, John R. Ruland of Patchogue, with whom he had been associated in the Ruland firm. An elder brother was the late Fred M. Ruland. Mr. Ruland carried the nickname "Mose", nearly all his life. The nickname was applied by the late "Ruben" Strong, an old colored man, who was employed by Mr. Ruland's late father at the time Mr. Ruland was a young boy. The funeral service was held at 8 o'clock Monday night in the Patchogue Congregational Church, the Rev. Arthur H. Cooke, pastor, officiating. Interment in Cedar Grove cemetery was private. Fifty Patchogue volunteer firemen and exempt firemen, led by Chief Saxton Weise and the Rev. Carl G. Gernannt, department chaplain, marched from the Lake Street firehouse to the Congregational church to take part in the service, for which the church was filled to capacity. (Long Island Surnames; 1910, 1920 US Federal Census; Mid-Island Mail, May 7, 1941, Page: 9; Ruland's Funeral Home)