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Author: KENNELLYMARKA
Surnames: Calkins,Haskell ,Ruble,Geddis,Guthrie,
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Ruth Ruble Calkins, age 86,
of North East,ERIE,CO,PA,
formerly of Erie, Smyrna Beach, Florida, Cleveland, Canton, and Grove City
died on Thursday July 14, 2011
at UPMC Hamot.
She was born on September 2, 1924 in North East,PA,
to the late Harry and Ada Haskell Ruble.
She was a graduate of North East High School.
Ruth was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church in North East where she was active
in Bible Study and Tape Ministry.
She also attended the New Smyrna Bible Chapel in Florida. She was formerly employed in
the office at General Electric in Erie,pa,
and an advertising firm in Cleveland.
Ruth also worked hand in hand with her husband, the late former editor of the Grove City
Allied News, Richard Lee Calkins, as a journalist for 20 years, until retiring in 1987.
Ruth enjoyed reading, writing, art, sunsets, modeling for advertisements, and spending
winters in Florida. Besides her parents and husband,
she was preceded in death by a sister Jean Ruble Geddis. Survivors include a son, Mark
Calkins of North East,pa,
and a daughter, Susan Calkins Guthrie
of Cambridge Springs,pa,
a granddaughter, Amanda Comeau of Cambridge Springs; nieces, Vicky Geddis Shillington and
family of Worthington, Ohio and Jenny Geddis Traut and family of Erie.pa,
Friends may call at the William D. Elkin Funeral Home, 65 South Lake Street North East on
Sunday 2-4 and 7:00 p.m. until time of a funeral service at 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Officiating Rev. Robert Klecan. Memorials may be made to Erie City Mission 1105 West 12th
Street Erie, PA 16502.
( in the Erie Times-News on July 16, 2011 )
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