Ruth E. Rencevicz

Wow, mom, Gus Cooper has some fabulous photos of you. Adding this one; the twinkle was still there decades later. I would love to talk to you about aging, about being a grandparent. I know you would say, "What the hell do I know, let´s have a beer!"

Have had Ruth on my mind the last couple of days...specifically, her remarking on my lack of proper housekeeping. We had some good times way back in the day!

Thank-you Janice ! I have not seen you since you left Palestine when we were kids. Uncle Chris ( Clyde) has passed also. Aunt Biddy (Martha VanDyke) also raised me for a few years before I moved to MD in 1958. Ruth was indeed one of a kind and we miss her dearly.

I remember and her brother Clyde from the early fifties.my great aunt , Martha van Dyke took care of them for several years after their parents died.. I used to play with butcher, who I think is wade. Wondered what became of the three.my sister ran across Ruth´s o bit.. I remember her red hair and she was always on the goo.. I´m not sure she stayed in touch with my great aunt,, just some thoughts.. I think she enjoyed her life, an old long ago acquaintance from east Palestine Ohio. Our...

I thought I should share this, after re-reading so many messages here. A couple of weeks after my mom(Ruth) died, I was in the process of selling her car. An older gentleman had come to look at it, with his wife and daughter. In the process of negotiations, they asked why I was selling it. I told them my mother had passed, mentioned her first name, and he pulled out his wallet and unfolded the obit. He said, "THIS Ruth?" I almost fell over. I knew he had to buy the car. So did he. He told me,...