OBIT: Ruth Elizabeth (WALKER) HILLEGASS, 2001, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGASS
  
  Ruth Elizabeth Walker Hillegass, 95, of Berlin, went to be with the Lord on
  July 20, 2001.  She was a resident at Somerset Patriot Manor for the past
  eight years.  Born July 30, 1905 in Milford Township to Arch F. and Bertha
  (Barclay) Walker, she was the eldest of six children, sisters Mary and
  Helen, and brothers, Clark, Robert and Dalton, all preceding her in
  death.  Known to all as simply "Gammy," her love of family and farm will
  long be remembered by her descendants.  Her passion for children and
  animals endeared her to all who arrived at her doorstep.  Ruth spent her
  childhood at Milford Valley Farm, Rockwood, attending the one-room Weimer
  School and later, California Normal School where she graduated with a
  teaching certificate.  In 1925, she traded her teaching career to become a
  farmer's wife when she married Nevin Stanley Hillegass, a loving union that
  endured 42 years.  Her Stonycreek Township homestead, now known as Hillmont,
  is operated today by her son, Jay, and grandson, Kirk.  Ruth was a life-long
  member of Unity United Church of Christ, the Fourth Society of Farm Women
  and Trinity Chapter 138 OES.  Ruth was preceded in death by Nevin in 1968
  and is survived by son Deane, married to Jean of Hendersonville, N.C., two
  grandchildren, Craig, and Terri, married to Timothy Keeney and five
  great-grandchildren, Joshua, Lindsey, Caroline, Kimberly and Emily; son
  Jay, married to Constance of Berlin, four grandchildren, Kirk, married to
  Tine, Jayne Huston, married to Larry Sedlemeyer, Laura, married to Stephen
  Pasky, and Paula, married to Todd Leipold and eight great-grandchildren,
  Alexa, Juliana, Tyler, Luther, Andrew, Alec, Harrison and Hillary; and a
  daughter Helen Ann, married to Ronald W. Knepper of Andover, Mass., four
  grandchildren, Timothy, married to Kathryn; Steven, married to Heidi;
  Karen, married to Matthew Bushey and Douglas and two great-grandchildren,
  Stephanie and Dylan.  Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Monday at the Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where service will be held
  at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Rev. Jay E. Shaffer officiating.  Interment will follow
  in IOOF Cemetery, Berlin.  Family request memorial gifts made to the Unity
  United Church of Christ Building Fund, P.O. Box 132, Shanksville, Pa.
  15560.  OES service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
  
  Daily American, July 21, 2001
  
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