Ruth Eleten Mannasmith Shirk

Ruth Eleten Mannasmith Shirk, 75, of Richwood died Sunday, Oct. 12,
03, at Memorial Hospital of Union County._
She was a 1946 graduate of Richwood High School and had lived in Fla., for more than 20 years. While living there, she worked for  Ward and was a receptionist at the Kenaston Clinic. She active and dedicated member of the Richwood Church of Christ and enjoyed cooking, baking, fishing and playing cards. Her family was the joy of her life, especially her grandson Cody whom she helped look after.
She was bom March 17, 1928, in Essex to the late William and Mil-ed Parish Fisher. She married James Lyal Mannasmith Jan. 11, 1948,
id he died June 23, 1983. She married Elmer "Bob" Shirk Jan. 14,
)89, and he died June 1,1997.
She is survived by a daughter, Sharon Kidwell and her friend, Ed Hol-nook and. his son, Kyle of Marysville; a son, George Murphy of Penn-slvanya; ;a grandson, Cody Lyal Kidwell; and a sister, Jane Miller of rospect.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Stofcheck Funeral Home in Richwood. The Revs. Scot Gorsuch and Todd 4ordquisit will officiate and burial will be at the Price Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 105 Mount Vernon Ave., Marion, Ohio 43302.

Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home