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Ruth Hinkle Obituary
She was born Sept. 12, 1925 in Zanesville, OH to the late Harley and Ruth (Kreager) Shuey.
Eileen grew up in Pleasant Valley, near Zanesville and graduated from Hopewell High School.
She married Virgil Bates on January 24, 1947 eloping to Kentucky. It was a double wedding ceremony with Eileen's sister, Leila, marrying Virgil's brother Calvin.
Eileen and Virgil resided in Medina for a short time before moving to Friendsville.
Following Virgil's passing in 1970, Eileen married Don Hinkle, who passed in 2005.
Eileen was a homemaker, and enjoyed life as a housewife, mother, aunt and babysitter.
She was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and Seville Baptist Church, and loved poetry, music, hooking rugs and knitting afghans. Eileen passed her love and appreciation to all, from the people she met at hospice and the care center, to everyone she encountered on her trips to the hospital.
She is survived by her daughter, Ginny Bates; granddaughter, Heather (Zachary) Giezen; and great-grandchildren, Isabelle, Xander, Alex and Max.
In addition to her parents and husbands, Eileen was preceded in death by her beloved daughter, Sharon Vaughn on Oct. 3, 2024; son, Edwin; sister, Leila Bates; and brothers, Harold, Raymond, Robert, Herbert, Ernest, Kenneth, and Edgar.
Visitation will be Saturday, Dec. 14, from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, at Parker Funeral Home, 210 Medina St., Lodi, OH, where her funeral service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 1:00 PM.
Pastor Daron Butler will officiate.
Burial will follow at Friendsville Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions, if desired may be made to either LifeCare Hospice, 1900 Akron Rd., Wooster, OH 44691 or JAG Healthcare, 14976 Burbank Rd., Burbank, OH 44214 (Burbank Parke Care Center).
Online condolences may be shared at www.parkerfuneralhomes.com
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Heather Giezen
December 29, 2024
These beautiful flowers on my grandma's casket don't shine a light compared to the beautiful person she was. I remember spending summers with her as a child into my early teens and she would always make me laugh and was willing to play games with me, like hide & seek. We would play board games and do puzzles, and she even would go out and throw a ball to me so I could hit it with a bat. I enjoyed those times with my grandma and will always look back on them fondly. I am only sad that my own children did not get to know her as well as I did, but she was still a wonderful great-grandmother to them.
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