Monroe County IN Archives Obituaries.....Deykes, Ruth Esther Bonarrigo October 9, 2005
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Ruth Deykes, 73

Ruth Esther Deykes, 73, died Oct. 9, 2005, at her home in Chugiak.

Visitation and services will be this week in Bloomington, Ind., with burial and
military honors at Valhalla Memory Gardens.

Born Feb. 2, 1932, in Dunmore, Pa., to Anthony and Grace Bonarrigo, she was a
1949 graduate of Dunmore High School, and went on to work as a seamstress for
Scranton Garment Manufacturing in Dunmore.

Mrs. Deykes served in the U.S. Air Force as an airman third-class radio mechanic.

After moving to Bloomington in 1965, she worked as an assistant manager for
JoAnn Fabrics, receptionist at Sarkes Tarzian and senior records clerk in the
audiovisual department of Indiana University. She also worked at K-Mart East and
University Elementary School.

She was an Alaska resident since February 2004.

She was a member of the Omega Phi Tau Sorority, past president of the Elks
Ladies Organization, BPOE 446, and alongside her high school sweetheart of 51
years, Lowell Deykes, worked on the Elks-Clothe-a-child and Cancer Fly-In, and
many more philanthropic projects.

Her family wrote: "Ruth was foremost a wonderful mother, grandmother, wife,
sister, aunt and gifted friend. She was our sunshine and our guiding light; she
will be missed by all."

Ruth is survived by her sister, Angie Gyza; children, Lowell Deykes Jr., Wayne
Deykes of Chugiak, Ruth Tucker, Sandra Vincent, Patricia Harpring, Robin Deykes
and Michael Deykes; seven grandchildren; and her miniature schnauzers, Buddy and
Rosie.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell Deykes; brothers, Dom and Jim
Colengelo, Paul, Marty and Anthony Bonarrigo; sisters, Angela Colengelo,
Maryanne Kimmel, Carmel Miller, Nebbie Kotchik; and grandson, Marc Allan.

Arrangements are with Evergreen Memorial Chapel.

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