OBIT: Ruth M. (SIVITS) WATKINS, 2003, native of Shanksville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WATKINS
  
  Ruth M. Watkins of Geneva, Ohio, passed away on June 21, 2003 at Rae
  Ann Nursing Home.  Born in Shanksville Dec. 4, 1908, daughter of
  James and Zella Sivits.  Preceded in death by parents; husband Fred;
  sons, Carl and Robert; daughter Hazel Myracle; sisters Anna and Mary
  Ross; two brothers, James and Harold Sivits.  Survived by children
  Helen Bailey of Florida, Marian Shank of Irwin, and Ray of Geneva;
  sisters Alberta of Keyser, W.Va., Dorothy Eland of Chicago, Ill.;
  brother, Edward Sivits, of Somerset; 14 grandchildren; 20
  great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and nieces and
  nephews.  She was a Geneva resident for 48 years.  She helped start
  the Geneva Nutrition Site at the United Methodist Church and was
  active for 34 years.  A member of the Geneva V.F.W. Auxiliary and the
  Geneva Methodist Church for 48 years.  Friends will be received from 7
  to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Walker Funeral Home, 828 Sherman St., Geneva,
  where funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday.  The Rev.
  High Hookway of the United Methodist Church of Geneva officiating.
  Interment will be at the Evergreen Cemetery Eastwood Street in
  Geneva.  In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the
  Geneva United Methodist Church and envelopes will be available at the
  funeral home.
  
  Daily American, June 23, 2003
  
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