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Submitted: 8/7/12 • Approved: 8/7/12 • Last Updated: 8/10/12 • R738960-G738960-S3
November 12, 1927, Mirage, Rawlins County, Kansas
January 15, 2012, Thermopolis, Hot Springs County, Wyoming
Daughter of Ernest Claude & Stella Fern Kesselring Pittaway
Married David Huddleston, March 28, 1946, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas
Obituary from Mortimore Funeral Home, Thermopolis, Wyoming, Website:
Ruth M. (Pittaway) Huddleston
Ruth M. Huddleston, 84, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center where she had resided the past two years.
One of nine children, Ruth was born November 12, 1927 in Rawlins County, Mirage, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Stella (Kesselring) Pittaway. She grew up in Beloite, Kansas.
She married David Huddleston, March 28, 1946 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to Rawlins, then to Thermopolis in the late 1960’s. To this union was born 9 children.
A member of the Baptist Church, Ruth enjoyed crocheting, sewing, reading, cooking and gardening. After living at the Valley View Retirement Center in Saratoga, she moved to Thermopolis in 2009 to be closer to her granddaughter, Kurstin Turnbaugh.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years presently living in a retirement home in Rawlins, WY; sons, Claude, Benjamin and Clyde; daughters, Esther Sharp, Aleen Huddleston, Sandra Duran, and Barbara Huddleston; brother, Clinton; sisters Evelyn and Adella; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; children, Ruth Sellars and Bonnie Wolfe and her brothers, Phillip, Benjamin, Claude, Joseph and Robert.
Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of her Life will be held in April in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
(Photo courtesy of Larry Havner)
Contributed on 8/7/12 by maxparnell
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