BX June 1, 1915
Since the announcement in these columns a few days ago that Miss Eva Ruddy would leave shortly with the Murphy Base Hospital, of Chicago, for active service in Europe, it has been learned that there is a possibility that Miss Ruddy may not leave for some time. One of the conditions of her acceptance on the staff was that she obtains the permission of her father, Mr. Joseph Ruddy, and during the time which elapsed while letters were passing between her and her father, the Murphy staff was completed, and Miss Ruddy was compelled to await her turn for the first vacancy.
BX June 11, 1915
Miss Eva Ruddy, daughter of Mr. Joseph Ruddy, Dufferin Avenue, leaves to-day for New York, to sail on Saturday on S.S. New Amsterdam for England. Miss Ruddy, who is a graduate of St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, has volunteered her services with the Murphy Base hospital which, composed chiefly of graduates of the Murphy Institute, Chicago will go into active service, either in England or in France. Miss Ruddy was successful in obtaining permission to go with the Murphyites, and with her will go the best of good wishes from her many Brantford friends.
BX June 26, 1915
Arrived Safely
Mr. Joseph Ruddy of this city received a cablegram yesterday from his daughter Miss Eva Ruddy, who left Europe with the Murphy’s Base Hospital of Chicago, saying that she had arrived safely in Falmouth, England.
BX September 14, 1915
Word has been received by relatives in Brantford that Miss Eva Ruddy, of this city, who left Chicago several weeks ago with the Murphy Hospital Unit for active service in France, is now only ten miles from Boulogne, and within ear-shot of cannon.
BX July 12, 1916
War Nurse Has Returned Home – Miss Eva Ruddy Had Much Experience with Wounded Men
Miss Eva Ruddy, a Brantford girl, who has spent over a year nursing in France, has returned home. Miss Ruddy was attached to number 23, General Base Hospital, at Etaples, France, where accommodation was provided for 1,500 patients. According to Miss Ruddy, this capacity is hardly ever reached at one time, the average number of patients being 900. The hospital with which Miss Ruddy was attached is about 30 minutes in the rear of the firing line. From this hospital, patients, when partially convalescent, are sent to England to convalescent homes. As a rule patients who are expected to recover in three weeks time are kept at the base hospital until able to resume their places in the trenches. Close to this hospital are eight others, all offering the same accommodation. The locality in which this hospital is situated is a somewhat lively one for the simple reason that a concentration camp, which generally contains 70,000 troops, is in immediate vicinity. Miss Ruddy stated that she had encountered very few wounded men from Brantford.
BX May 14, 1976
RUDDY – On Friday May 14, 1976, at the Toronto Western Hospital, Eva Ruddy, in her 87th year, beloved sister of Kenneth Ruddy of Brantford and the late Tom Ruddy; daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Ruddy late of Brantford. Funeral service at the Beckett Glaves Funeral Home, 88 Brant Avenue, on Monday at 2 p.m. with rev. Howard Johnson officiating. Interment Farringdon Burial Ground. Flowers gratefully declined.
