Nancy Ruth Fairbanks^[1]

1934 - 2025  (90 years)

• Name	Nancy Ruth Fairbanks  [2]
  Birth	29 May 1934	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States   [4]
  Residence	Apr 1940	Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States   [4]
  106 Lawrence Avenue
  Census	16 Apr 1940	Ward 4, St. Ferdinand Township, Ferguson City, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States   [4]
  Death	9 Mar 2025	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States   [5]
  Burial	15 Mar 2025	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States   [5]
  	Cress Cremation Services
  Burial	28 May 2025	Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States   [1]
  	Section D-3, Lot 4, Space 10
  Also Known As	Elizabeth Chadwick  [1]
  Also Known As	Nancy Fairbanks  [1]
  Married Name	Nancy Fairbanks Herndon  [1]
  Religion	None (athiest)  [1]
  Education	B.A. English, University of Missouri, Columbia, May 1956  [1]
  Education	B.A. Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, May 1956  [1]
  Education	M.A. English, Rice University, 1958  [1]
  Occupation	Author  [1]
  Occupation	Professor of English  [1]
  Cause of Death	Inoperable bowel obstruction  [5]
  Person ID	I18	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Stanley Fairbanks,   b. 28 Jan 1906, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Feb 1982, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ruth Edna Tutein,   b. 25 Sep 1907, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States d. 12 Oct 1998, O’Fallon, St. Charles County, Missouri, United States (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	20 Jul 1933	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States   [6]
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Cecil Herndon,   b. 12 Aug 1932, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States d. 20 Oct 2011, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. (Living)   2. (Living)
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 May 1934 - Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Residence - 1 Apr 1935 - Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Residence - Apr 1940 - Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States Death - 9 Mar 2025 - Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States Burial - 15 Mar 2025 - Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States Burial - 28 May 2025 - Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Nancy Ruth Fairbanks Nancy Ruth Fairbanks, c1954 (probably taken at University of Missouri)

  
  

• Reference

  Herndon, William Robert. "Nancy Ruth Fairbanks", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I18&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 06-Dec-2025].

  
  

Sources

[S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025. [S3] [Fairbanks-1978] Fairbanks, Robert Stanley, Fairbanks, Lowe, and Chadwick Families. [S1655] [MoBoVS-1934a] "Birth Certificate of Nancy Ruth Fairbanks," Local Registrar’s Records: City of St. Louis, Jefferson City, Missouri: Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1932, file 5319. [S478] [US-1940-1c] "Ward 4, St. Ferdinand Township, Ferguson City, St. Louis County, Missouri," Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T627, roll 2154, E.D. 95-287, sheet 15A. [S1651] [WiDoHS-2025a] "Nancy Fairbanks Herndon - Original Certificate of Death," Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin, Department of Health Services, State File Number: 2025013068. [S7] [Fairbanks-1997a] Herndon, William Robert (interviewer), "Interview of Nancy Ruth (Fairbanks) Herndon".