Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Miller, Ruth December 11, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com December 17, 2011, 12:08 am Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 14, 2011 Ruth Miller COLUMBIA Ruth Essick Miller, 104, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2011, at St. Anne's Retirement Community. Born in Chester County, she was the daughter of the late Ralph D. and Clara Y. Darlington Essick and wife of the late Rev. Grant N. Miller, who died in Jan. 1997. Ruth graduated as Valedictorian in 1925 from the Downingtown High School and graduated from Lebanon Valley College, class of 1929 with an AB degree. She retired in 1972 following 20 years of teaching English at Hempfield School District Junior and Senior High School. She was a member of Ironville United Methodist Church; the Hempfield Local Association, and the Pennsylvania State Education Association ( P.S.E.A.). Ruth enjoyed worldwide travel with her husband following her retirement. Two nephews Ronald D. Essick (Kaye), of Pinehurst, N.C.; William D. Essick (Keiko), of Lancaster; and a niece, Nancy Essick Head (Jorj), of Yorktown, Va., survive Ruth. She was preceded in death by a brother, DeWitt M. Essick. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Ruth's Life Celebration Funeral Service at Ironville United Methodist Church, 4020 Holly Drive, Columbia, PA 17512, on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Charles A. Deutsch and Rev. Richard J. Rimert, Jr., officiating. Interment will be in Laurel Hill Memorial Garden. Friends may call at the Funeral Home of Fred F. Groff, Inc., 234 W. Orange St., Lancaster, on Tuesday, December 27, 2011, from 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until time of service. Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 14, 2011 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb