Nancy Ruth Fairbanks^[1]

1934 - 2025  (90 years)

• Name	Nancy Ruth Fairbanks  [2]
  Birth	29 May 1934	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Elizabeth Chadwick
  Also Known As	Nancy Fairbanks
  Married Name	Nancy Fairbanks Herndon
  Occupation	Author
  Occupation	Professor of English
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States   [3]
  Residence	Apr 1940	Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States   [3]
  106 Lawrence Avenue
  Census	16 Apr 1940	Ward 4, St. Ferdinand Township, Ferguson City, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States   [3]
  Death	9 Mar 2025	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
  	Cause: Inoperable bowel obstruction
  Person ID	I18	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Mar 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   [4]
  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 - Cause: Inoperable bowel obstruction - 9 Mar 2025 - Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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

  
  

• Reference

  Herndon, William. "Nancy Ruth Fairbanks". Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I18&tree=LindellHerndon (accessed July 8, 2025).

  
  

Sources

[S315] Herndon, William Robert. [S3] Fairbanks, Robert Stanley. [S478] . [S7] Herndon, William Robert (interviewer), Interview of Nancy Ruth (Fairbanks) Herndon.