Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sutton, Ruby Ellen 2005
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The Portland Review, October 16, 2005

Ruby Ellen (Johnson) Sutton, 80, of Portland, went to be with her lord, Oct. 
3, 2005 at Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing following heart bypass 
surgery.  

She was born on October 12, 1924 in Sumner the daughter of John Leslie and 
Hazel E. (Wing) Johnson, then residents of Elm Hall.  She graduated from Alma 
High School in 1944 and attended Central Michigan University.  Ruby married 
Don Sutton in June of 1947.  She taught elementary school for many years 
throughout Michigan, including Vanderbilt, Lyons, Portland, Charlotte and 
Bellevue, before retiring in the late 1970s.  Ruby was an avid reader and 
letter writer, and she enjoyed sewing and crocheting. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; infant brother, James Leroy Johnson; 
grandson, David Charles Sutton.  Surviving are her husband, Donald Sutton of 
Portland; daughters, Patty (Dave) Snyder of Charlotte, and Janet (Wendell) 
Holt of Elwell; sons, Charles (Patricia) Sutton of Charlotte, and Mike 
(Cheryl) Sutton of Ninilchik, Alaska; sisters, Thelma Smith, Genevieve (Eldon) 
Frisch, Mary (Clayton) Sanders and Joyce (Donald) Hindenlang; brothers, 
William (Jackie) Johnson, Keith (Shirley) Johnson, Richard (Julie) Johnson, 
Theodore Johnson, Phillip (Lilly) Johnson and John (Kandy) Johnson; many 
nieces, nephews, grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

The funeral service was held Oct. 7, at the First Baptist Church of Portland.  
Arrangements were entrusted to the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland.  
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, Youth Haven 
Ranch, or to Family Life Radio.


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