Ruth Hess

Ruth C. Hess, 97, formerly of West Hazleton and a resident at Pinebrook Personal

Care and Retirement Center, Orwigsburg, for the last two years, died Wednesday at Pine-brook.

Born in Hazleton on June 10, 1913, she was a daughter of the late M. Arthur and Dora (Frank) Stauffenberg and, until 2008, had spent her entire life in the area.

Ruth was a 1930 graduate of West Hazleton High School and earlier in her life worked for several years at S.C. Price's Dairy.

She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Hazleton, and the Hazleton Art League, and throughout the years enjoyed going out dancing, especially with her husband, Carl.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, Carl L. Hess, who died in 1993, brother George Stauffen-berg and sister Miriam Rehrig.

Surviving are her son, Carl A. Hess and his wife, Audrey K. of Hamburg; granddaughter, Carla K. Kramer and her husband, William E., Jr. of Lenhartsville; step great-granddaughters Aimee E. Kramer and Jennifer M. Kramer; nephews Walter J. Hess, Robert L. Hess and Donald L. Hess, all of Pennsylvania; and nieces Ann L. Southwell of Virginia and Karen R. Martin of Georgia.

A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Hazle Chapel of Krapf and Hughes Funeral Home, Inc., 426 West Broad Street, Hazleton. The Rev. Wayne Lupole of Christ Lutheran Church will preside. Burial will take place in the Mountain View Cemetery, West Hazleton.

Friends may call at the Hazle Chapel on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Memorial donations to Christ Lutheran Church, 210 West Green Street, Hazleton, PA 18201 or the Hazleton Art League, 225 East Broad Street, Hazleton, PA 18201 are welcomed by the family.

Condolence messages may be entered in the family's memorial guestbook on the funeral home website at www.khfuneralhomes.com