Ruth L. Schantz Frickert

Ruth L. Schantz Frickert
Ruth L. (Williams) Schantz Frickert, 90, of Luther Crest, Allentown, died Monday, October 25, 2010 in the Luther Crest Health Center. Born in State College, April 10, 1920, Ruth was the daughter of the late Paul S. and Helen (Theakson) Williams. She attended Penn State University where her father was a professor of Dairy Science. For the last 25 years, Ruth was employed as a receptionist at Luther Crest. Prior to that, she was a sales clerk at the former Spinning Wheel in the Whitehall Mall and a lab technician at Lower Merion Township and the former Lehigh Valley Dairy. She was a member of Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Emmaus. Survivors: Daughters, Brenda L., wife of Douglas S. Birgfeld, of Searsport, Maine, Linda A., wife of Richard G. Heintzelman, of Schnecksville; six grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren. Service: Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, October 29, 2010 at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 3461 South Cedar Crest Blvd., Emmaus, with the Rev. Richard H. Elliott officiating. Family and friends may pay their respects from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday in the church. Interment will follow the service at Union Church Cemetery, Neffs. The Heintzelman Funeral Home, Inc., in Schnecksville is in charge of arrangements. Online expressions of sympathy may be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit Memorial Fund and/or Luther Crest both in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box # 196, Schnecksville, PA 18078-0196.