Ruth Violet Barlow

Ruth and Bill were my neighbors in the Buckingham subdivision in Lakeland. Ruth and I developed a great friendship. We went to lunch and meetings together with two of our other friends. She adored Bill and shared her feelings of his illness. She cherished all of her family and we had many conversations on how accomplished her children and grandchildren are.
Unfortunately, I moved to Ocala five years ago and our contact has been e-mails and telephone calls. I will greatly miss those...

My condolences to the Barlow and Manchester families. When I look back on the years I lived on Ivanhoe many fond memories come to mind of times spent with them and my friend Karen. On cold winter days there was ice skating on the backyard pond at the Barlow home in Livonia. In 2000-2001, I noticed Ruth’s name at Classmates.com when I was a part of my Redford Union reunion committee. We exchanged messages and after so many years, Ruth wanted me to know that if I was ever in the area I...