OBIT: Ruth Elaine (Shultz) BUTLER, 2005, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Butler, Ruth Elaine  04/16/05  Daily American
  
  Ruth Elaine Butler, 86, Meyersdale (Brothersvalley Township), died April 15,
  2005, at Beverly Healthcare Meyersdale. Born November 13, 1918, in Summit
  Township, a daughter of the late Russell and Inez (Coleman) Shultz. Also
  preceded in death by her husband Paul E. Butler. Survived by two daughters:
  Alma Jean wife of William Bridegum, Silver Spring, Md.; and Joyce E. Butler,
  Silver Spring, Md., two grandchildren: Douglas Bridegum, and Brian Bridegum and
  his wife Michelle, all of Silver Spring, Md., three great-grandchildren: Sarah,
  Billy, and Lindsay. Also survived by her special caregiver Julie Walker,
  considered by the family as her third daughter, and her loyal companion Sam,
  the family dog. A sister of Dorothy Casteel, Phoenix Ariz., and a half sister
  of Lois Saylor, Berlin. Ruth was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church
  Meyersdale. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Price
  Funeral Home Meyersdale, where a service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday.
  The Rev. William G. Triebe officiating. Interment St. Paul (Fritz) Cemetery,
  Brothersvalley Township. Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home
  Inc., Meyersdale. 
  
  
  BUTLER, Ruth Elaine,  04/15/05  The New Republic
 November 13, 1918 - April 15, 2005 

    Ruth Elaine Butler, 86, of Meyersdale (Brothersvalley  Twp.), died Friday,
  April 15, 2005, at Beverly Healthcare Meyersdale. 
    Born November 13, 1918 in Summit Twp., she was a daughter of the late Russell
  and Inez (Coleman) Shultz. 
    She was also preceded in death by her husband Paul E. Butler. 
    She is survived by two daughters: Alma Jean, wife of William Bridegum, Silver
  Spring, Md.; and Joyce E. Butler, Silver Spring; two grandchildren: Douglas
  Bridegum, and Brian Bridegum and his wife, Michelle, all of Silver Spring;
  three great-grandchildren: Sarah, Billy, and Lindsay. She is also survived by
  her special caregiver Julie Walker, considered by the family as her third
  daughter; and her loyal companion Sam, the family dog. She was a sister of
  Dorothy Casteel, Phoenix, Ariz.; and a half sister of Lois Saylor, Berlin. 
    Ruth was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Meyersdale. 
    Friends were received from 2-4 and 7-9 Sunday at the Price Funeral Home,
  Meyersdale, where service was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, with the Rev.
  William G. Triebe officiating. Interment, St. Paul (Fritz) Cemetery,
  Brothersvalley Twp. 
    Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale.