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Ruth Kennedy Obituary
Melcher-Dallas
Services for Ruth Kennedy will be held Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Melcher-Dallas. Family will receive friends on Sunday from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials to the Activity Fund at West Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center.
Ruth passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at the age of 82 years. She is survived by her children: Janice Blubaugh, Mike (Barb) Kennedy, Dan (Rose) Kennedy, Jerry (Laurie) Kennedy, Greg (Rhonda) Kennedy, and daughter-in-law Joni Swanson; 16 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren; and siblings: Lois Johnson, Alberta (Bill) Ryerson, Bertha (Greg) Gibbons, Roy (Michelle) Bingham, Gene (Bea) Bingham, and sister-in-law Shirley Bingham.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Paul in 2012; her son, Rick Kennedy; grandson, Jeremy Kennedy, and great grandson, Tyler Benjamin Kennedy; and siblings: Kenneth Bingham, Frank Bingham, Marjorie Hooten, and infant sister, Helen Bingham.
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