Foos & Foos Funeral Service
151 Yorkshire Place
Bellevue, OH 44811
Phone: 419.483.5484
Fax: 419.483.3061
Email: brian@foosfuneral.com
Website: www.foosfuneral.com
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Ruth Ethel Manbeck passed from this life on April 20, 2011. She was born on January 31, 1915, in Colby, OH to George Irvin and Ethel Gertrude Heter Kleckner. Ruth spent her life in the Bellevue area attending Bellevue schools and York schools. She graduated from York High School in 1933.
On March 5, 1937, she married Elwood Manbeck and they farmed in York Township. To this union two children were born, Mary Jo (Charles) Durbin, and Stanley (Carol) Manbeck. She is survived by five grandchildren: Michele (Norbert) Mader, Andrea Hillman, Natalie (Chris) Malherbe, Krista (Shawn) Stock, and Monica (Andy) DeLay. She is also survived by eleven great grandchildren; Brianne and Rachel Mader, Amber and Seth Hillman, Isabella, Megan and Aidan Malherbe, Meredith and Mitchell Stock, and Calvin and Olivia DeLay.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elwood, Parents, brother, Gordon, granddaughter, Megan Durbin, and grandson in law Steve Hillman.
Ruth was very active in the United Church of Christ, singing in the choir for over fifty years and chairing many church activities. She also sang at many weddings and funerals in the area. She was a member of the hospital auxiliary, and worked as a gray lady.
Friends will be received on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 2-4 & 6-8 at Foos and Foos Funeral Service, 151 Yorkshire Place, Bellevue. A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 428 Kilbourne St. Bellevue. Burial will follow at York Chapel Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to St. Paul’s United Church of Christ.
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