Ruth A. Little, age 78, passed away, Saturday, June 9, 2001 at Columbus Rehabilitation Center. Preceded in death by husband, James A. and son, David Little. Survived by sons, Robert L. (Pam), James A. "Smoke" (Karen) and Jack W. (Tabby) Little; daughters, Carol Jean (Bob) Carper, Ruth A. "Sis" (Dave) Bennett and Mary J. "Teddy" (Ron) Hammond-Jackson; 20 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; 6 brothers and sisters; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral service Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 11:30 a.m. SCHOEDINGER HILLTOP CHAPEL, 3030 W. Broad St., where friends may call Monday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Interment Green Lawn Cemetery.

Published in the The Columbus Dispatch (OH) - June 11, 2001
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Daughter of Clark "Lewis" and Bernice A. (Clark) Van Houten.

Her siblings include:
Howard E Van Houten
Lawerence E Van Houten
Charles E Van Houten
Estella A Van Houten
Harold G Van Houten
Marilyn E Van Houten
Wilbur Van Houten
Ralph Van Houten
Clark Van Houten
Lucy Jane Van Houten
Vesta June Van Houten

Ruth was married to Charles J. Gutzman (1926–1977) on September 13, 1946, in Heidelberg, Germany. Charles was the son of Adolph "Albert" and Elinora K. (Shapely) Gutzman of Kansas City, Kansas.

Published in The Stars and Stripes, Saturday, September 21, 1946, page 4
U.S. Couples Wed In Double Ceremony
Special to The Stars and Stripes
HEIDELBERG, Sept. 20 – 1st Lt. Charles Best and T/4 Mildred Pierce, and Mr. Charles Gutzman and 1st Sgt. Ruth Van Hauten were married here in a double ceremony.

Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, 3rd Army CG, and Mrs. Keyes along with 200 other guests attended the ceremony performed by Capt. Raymond L Kasper, 3rd Army Chaplain.

Best of Ironwood, Mich. is adjutant of 3rd Army Special Services troops. His bride is from Stanton, Tenn. Gutzman, a War Department civilian, is from Kansas City, Kans., and his bride from Columbus, Ohio.

Published in Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood, Mich., Saturday October 19, 1946, pg 6
Best-Pierce Vows Read in Germany
Headquarters, Third United States army, Heidelberg, Germany – Defying superstition, they chose Friday the Thirteenth of September for their double wedding in Heidelberg's Providence church. First Lieutenant Charles Best, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Best, 101 Norrie street, Ironwood, took 1st WAC Sergeant Mildred Pierce of Stanton, Tennessee, as his wife. The other couple were WAC T-4 Ruth Van Hauten of Columbus, Ohio, and Mr. Charles J. Gutzman of Kansas City, Kansas.

First Lieutenant George P. Fulton of the 8000 Provisional truck company acted as best man to Lieutenant Best; Captain Roland Johnson, Third army chaplain gave the bride away and Captain Raymond L. Kasper, also Chaplain of Third army, performed the ceremony.

An open carriage drawn by two white horses driven by a coachman in the national livery of Hungary and loaded with flowers, carried the happy couples the mile and a half to the elaborately decorated WAC "Eagle's Nest" club at Third army command post. More than two hundred guests, including Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, commanding general of Third army, and Mrs. Keyes, ate, drank and were merry with the two couples.

Originally members of the Seventh army when it first opened the command post near Heidelberg, all have remained with Third army since it took over in March, but Lieutenant Best is the only one who continues to be a member of the armed forces.

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006:
Name: Ruth A Little
Service Info.: TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 14 May 1923
Death Date: 9 Jun 2001
Cemetery: Green Lawn Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1000 Greenlawn Avenue Columbus, OH 43223