My aunt Ruth was my mother's older sister. Ruth was outspoken and honest, and a very hard working woman. When she was a teen-ager she left school as many people did to help support the family, which by that time was her crippled mother and my mother (three years younger). Ruth bought Helen clothing because their father left about the time Helen was born, and he didn't do much for his family. However, Ruth forgave her father. She was about the only person who had good feelings for him.
Ruth loved to read, and she was always able to get a "good job" according to her sister/my mother. During the Depression and when she had five kids (within five years) she was not able to go out to work, so she made bread at home and took it out and sold it door to door.
Ruth got her driver's license when she was 65, after her husband died, and she had a small Japanese car. She drove that car like the wind!!
I learned from her eulogy that during the Depression homeless men would come to her door and she would always make sure she fed them.
Ruth did not tolerate fools, but she was a compassionate woman.
Even though she died in 1987, I still miss her, and until my mother's death in late 2005, I would say, "I miss Ruth, and sometimes I still expect her to drive up to the house."
In her later years she decided she preferred the Catholic faith (a sore point between her father and her mother).
Ruth is one of the those people that I am sure dwells in The House of The Lord, as she was faithful to God's teaching. Oh, no, Ruth was no angel, and she would not want anyone to think that she was. But she believed in God, and she lived her beliefs.
Ruth loved to read, and she was always able to get a "good job" according to her sister/my mother. During the Depression and when she had five kids (within five years) she was not able to go out to work, so she made bread at home and took it out and sold it door to door.
Ruth got her driver's license when she was 65, after her husband died, and she had a small Japanese car. She drove that car like the wind!!
I learned from her eulogy that during the Depression homeless men would come to her door and she would always make sure she fed them.
Ruth did not tolerate fools, but she was a compassionate woman.
Even though she died in 1987, I still miss her, and until my mother's death in late 2005, I would say, "I miss Ruth, and sometimes I still expect her to drive up to the house."
In her later years she decided she preferred the Catholic faith (a sore point between her father and her mother).
Ruth is one of the those people that I am sure dwells in The House of The Lord, as she was faithful to God's teaching. Oh, no, Ruth was no angel, and she would not want anyone to think that she was. But she believed in God, and she lived her beliefs.
My aunt Ruth was my mother's older sister. Ruth was outspoken and honest, and a very hard working woman. When she was a teen-ager she left school as many people did to help support the family, which by that time was her crippled mother and my mother (three years younger). Ruth bought Helen clothing because their father left about the time Helen was born, and he didn't do much for his family. However, Ruth forgave her father. She was about the only person who had good feelings for him.
Ruth loved to read, and she was always able to get a "good job" according to her sister/my mother. During the Depression and when she had five kids (within five years) she was not able to go out to work, so she made bread at home and took it out and sold it door to door.
Ruth got her driver's license when she was 65, after her husband died, and she had a small Japanese car. She drove that car like the wind!!
I learned from her eulogy that during the Depression homeless men would come to her door and she would always make sure she fed them.
Ruth did not tolerate fools, but she was a compassionate woman.
Even though she died in 1987, I still miss her, and until my mother's death in late 2005, I would say, "I miss Ruth, and sometimes I still expect her to drive up to the house."
In her later years she decided she preferred the Catholic faith (a sore point between her father and her mother).
Ruth is one of the those people that I am sure dwells in The House of The Lord, as she was faithful to God's teaching. Oh, no, Ruth was no angel, and she would not want anyone to think that she was. But she believed in God, and she lived her beliefs.
Ruth loved to read, and she was always able to get a "good job" according to her sister/my mother. During the Depression and when she had five kids (within five years) she was not able to go out to work, so she made bread at home and took it out and sold it door to door.
Ruth got her driver's license when she was 65, after her husband died, and she had a small Japanese car. She drove that car like the wind!!
I learned from her eulogy that during the Depression homeless men would come to her door and she would always make sure she fed them.
Ruth did not tolerate fools, but she was a compassionate woman.
Even though she died in 1987, I still miss her, and until my mother's death in late 2005, I would say, "I miss Ruth, and sometimes I still expect her to drive up to the house."
In her later years she decided she preferred the Catholic faith (a sore point between her father and her mother).
Ruth is one of the those people that I am sure dwells in The House of The Lord, as she was faithful to God's teaching. Oh, no, Ruth was no angel, and she would not want anyone to think that she was. But she believed in God, and she lived her beliefs.
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