RUTH ORTHMEYER

Published 12:00 am Friday, October 16, 2009

Ruth Orthmeyer, 85, of Ironton, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Jo-Lin Health Center. She was born March 2, 1924, in Coal Grove, the daughter of the late Edgar and Della Carey Moore. She was a homemaker, a member of Jeffersonville Missionary Baptist Church in Coal Grove and the Hanging Rock Garden Club.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Orthmeyer, whom she married on Dec. 28, 1948.
She is survived by one daughter, Debra Orthmeyer of Ironton; one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Rebecca Orthmeyer of Dublin; one sister, Emma Jane Bare of Ironton and one brother-in-law, Sidney Fields.
Funeral will be at noon today at the Tracy Brammer Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Pierce officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Visitation is from 10 a.m. to noon today.

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