Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Ruth E.  July 27, 2010
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on  July 28, 2010
  Ruth E. Rhodes 
  
  Ruth E. Rhodes LEBANON Ruth E. Rhodes passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 27, 
  2010, at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She was married to James E. Miller 
  until his death in 1957, and since 1960 she has been the wife of Jacob L. 
  Rhodes. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary in April with a day of 
  celebration with family and friends. She was born in Lebanon, on October 12, 
  1928, the daughter of the late Paul W. and Ruth Wrede Basehore. A 1946 graduate 
  of Lebanon High School, she earned her R.N. at Lankenau Hospital in 
  Philadelphia in 1949 and was on the nursing staff at the Lebanon Sanatorium, 
  now the Kaplan Pavilion, until 1958. She then accepted a position as school 
  nurse, earning her B.S. in Public School Nursing at Millersville University in 
  1964. She served as a substitute school nurse in many of the schools in Lebanon 
  County, most often in the Lebanon and Annville-Cleona School District until her 
  retirement in 1992. She was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, Annville, and 
  participated in the WELCA quilting group. She was a member and former officer 
  of the Lebanon Valley College Auxiliary, and served as a nurse volunteer for 
  Dr. Weyland's Well-Baby Clinic, for the Lebanon Family Health Services, and 
  other health agencies in the county. She was also a volunteer worker in the 
  gift shop at Spang Crest Manor. In addition to her husband, she is survived by 
  three daughters and a son, Andrea and her husband, Timothy Salem of 
  Wernersville, Marcia and her husband, Steven Garcia of Camarillo, Calif., Carol 
  and her husband, Dax Norman of Marrriotsville, Md., and William and his wife, 
  Stephanie Rhodes of Newark, Del. Also surviving are a granddaughter, Victoria 
  Ruth Norman, and grandson, Jacob Thomas Rhodes; and a number of nieces and 
  nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Polly Ann Gingrich in 2004. A 
  memorial service will be held at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 200 E. Main St., 
  Annville, 17003 at 11 a.m. on Saturday, with family visitation preceding the 
  service from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Inurnment will be at the convenience of the 
  family. Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, Annville, is in charge of 
  arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the 
  Extended Ministry Fund, St. Mark Lutheran Church; or to Spang Crest Manor, 945 
  Duke St., Lebanon, PA 17042; or to Lebanon Valley College, 101 N. College Ave., 
  Annville, PA 17003. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on July 28, 2010 
  
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