Decatur – Ruth E. Moss, 87, of Decatur passed away at 1:58 a.m. Sunday January 9, 2011 in St. Mary’s Hospital.
A service to celebrate Ruth’s life will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday January 13, 2011 at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mt. Zion. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Long Creek. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. till service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St. Teresa High School or the Scovill Children’s Zoo. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.
Ruth was born February 7, 1923 in Napoleon, Ohio the daughter of Joseph T. and Emma (Blahut) Suhl. She attended St. Teresa High School and went on to Brown’s Business College. She had married Donald F. Moss on July 10, 1948. She had worked as a secretary for many area law firms and a real estate company and later went on to co-own, along with her husband, Moss Painting Service. Ruth had a love for cars, dogs, and attending her grandchildren’s sporting events. In her younger years, she enjoyed fishing and hunting with her family.
Surviving is her husband: Donald of Decatur, daughter: Donna Donahue and her husband Dick of Decatur; grandsons: John Donahue and his wife Kandy of Mt. Zion and Thomas Donahue and his wife Jana of Mt. Zion; great-grandchildren: Tyler Hayes, Kyle Donahue, Wrigley Donahue, and Reese Donahue all of Mt. Zion. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two infant sons, sister: Josephine Okuley and two brothers: Edward Suhl and William Suhl.
Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home of Mt. Zion
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Dick and Donna, sorry to hear about Donna's mom's passing. Just wanted you to know we are thinking about you. How lucky you were to have had her for so many years. Dave and Nita
Ruth Moss was the kind of person that has had a huge impact on me personally. I moved here 12 years ago across the street from she and husband Don, so we are very, very close. I cannot begin to express how her passing will effect my life, our lives tremendously. Saying we will miss her is an understatement.
There are people that are friends, then there are friends that become your family. Ruth was more like family to us, she was very much loved by my husband and I.
She was a wonderfully positive person. It was rare she was down emotionally. She loved life and she loved Don Moss. Her daughter, son in law, grand children and great grand children were her passion.
She loved St. Teresa sports, knew every car on the road, loved dogs especially beagles and one big old yellow lab named Max.
She never met a stranger and there was never a time we were out to dinner that at least 5 people walked up to offer their hellos. Everyone knew and liked she and Don.
Ruth had so many wonderful experiences to share. We never tired of hearing about the wonderful life she shared with Don. It was rich, full and happy.
We are devastated over this loss and will miss Ruth tremendously.
We want the family to know the time we shared with she and Don have meant SO much to us. We have so many treasured memories to be thankful for and are happy for time well spent.
I do not have the words to say how much our life will change without seeing Ruth on a daily basis, not having her to call, share time and memories with, to laugh with and go to out to eat Culvers!
Our hearts go out to the family, especially Don. We share your loss......
God Bless and keep all of you during this sad, sad time.........
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| Hendrick Polanco |
My deepest condolences |
January 12, 2011 |
My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.” 40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44 The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
http://www.watchtower.org/e/200809/article_01.htm
| Helms Family |
Thinking of you |
January 11, 2011 |
Just wanted to send a message of condolence to the family and wanted them to know how grateful the Helms family was to have know her as she visited us on our September Labor Day gathering with our family and how much we appreciated for them to be part of our family. The Helms family has always been a very close knit family and try to keep family ties intact. Will be thinking of you in the coming days. Loie Helms Bowers Dad would want us to remember you at this time.
