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Ruth Ricketts Obituary

RICKETTS Ruth Ricketts, 77, of Columbus, died Monday, December 13, 2010. She was born March 15, 1933 in Columbus to the late John and Alice Millington. She is a North High School Alumni and a member of Clintonville Womens Club. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She is preceded in death by siblings Anna, John, Bill and Mary. She is survived by Dwight her husband of sixty years; children, Virginia Ricketts, Dwight (April) Ricketts, David (Martha) Ricketts, siblings Robert (Mary) Millington, Fred Millington, twins, Frank (Sue) Millington and Frances Cottrell and Theodore (Virginia) Millington; grandchildren, David, Nicole and Melissa. Family will receive friends Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at SCHOEDINGER WORTHINGTON CHAPEL, 6699 N. High St. (1/2 mile south of I-270), where a funeral service will be held Friday at 10 a.m. Entombment will follow in Kingwood Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Columbus Zoo. Online condolence may be made to www.schoedinger.com

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Published by The Columbus Dispatch from Dec. 14 to Dec. 15, 2010.

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