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Ruth <I>Gayhart</I> Blankenship

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Ruth Gayhart Blankenship

Birth
McDowell, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Death
23 Dec 2000 (aged 73)
LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Ontario, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7002898, Longitude: -85.3887178
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Ruth Blankenship, 73, of LaGrange, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at home.

The McDowell, Ky., native retired from Grumman Olson in 1985.

Surviving are her daughters, Lisa Prior of LaGrange and Linda Pierson of Bronson, Mich.; sons Dallas Sr. of Sherwood, Mich., and Rodney of LaGrange; sisters Dixie Herby of Mansfield, Ohio, Zettia Brewer of Burr Oak, Mich., and Ruby Tacket of Covington, Ky.; brothers Delbert Gayheart of Shelbyville, Alvin Gayheart of Beach Grove, Daniel Gayheart of Christianburg, Ohio, and Refford Gayheart of Mongo; 14 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at United Zion Baptist Church, Valentine. Calling will be 4:30 p.m. today, all day Wednesday and before the service Thursday. Burial will be at Ontario Cemetery.

Memorials are to Hospice of LaGrange County.

Information provided by Carney-Frost Funeral Home, LaGrange, 1-219-463-3444.

December 26, 2000 | News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
Page: 8B | Section: BUSINESS
Ruth Blankenship, 73, of LaGrange, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at home.

The McDowell, Ky., native retired from Grumman Olson in 1985.

Surviving are her daughters, Lisa Prior of LaGrange and Linda Pierson of Bronson, Mich.; sons Dallas Sr. of Sherwood, Mich., and Rodney of LaGrange; sisters Dixie Herby of Mansfield, Ohio, Zettia Brewer of Burr Oak, Mich., and Ruby Tacket of Covington, Ky.; brothers Delbert Gayheart of Shelbyville, Alvin Gayheart of Beach Grove, Daniel Gayheart of Christianburg, Ohio, and Refford Gayheart of Mongo; 14 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at United Zion Baptist Church, Valentine. Calling will be 4:30 p.m. today, all day Wednesday and before the service Thursday. Burial will be at Ontario Cemetery.

Memorials are to Hospice of LaGrange County.

Information provided by Carney-Frost Funeral Home, LaGrange, 1-219-463-3444.

December 26, 2000 | News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
Page: 8B | Section: BUSINESS


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