My mother-in-law (Ruth Myers). Picture was taken on March 14, 2009 the day she had her hair done.
My mother-in-law (Ruth Myers) passed away on June 20th at Rockhill Mennonite Retirement Community in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. She was 97.
Ruth became part of my life after I started dating her daughter (Julie) back at Gordon College in 1960. Julie and I were married in 1964.
Ruth and her husband Russell were hard-working. They had little sit around time as far as I can remember.
They were also active church folks. Wednesday prayer meetings and several services on Sunday were regular routines for them. He was a deacon and she was a Sunday School teacher.
Family gatherings we attended in Pennsylvania were seldom small, which was a disadvantage for someone like me who in that day could get lost in a crowd.
Ruth was a very predictable person in a positive way. I don’t ever remember thinking, “Why did she do that?”
Being six hours away (in Hamilton and later Newburyport), we didn’t have very many interactions with her after Russell was gone. That did not lessen her love for us and Steph/Adam and the grannies. We sent many pictures and Julie kept up regular conversations via phone to keep the family info up-to-date.
The best thing (in my opinion) about Ruth was that she prayed for us daily. There have been plenty of “bumps” in the road over the past 49 years but I believe that her intercessory prayers lessened those bumps. Who will intercede for us now? Who will be the prayer warriors for us now that Ruth is gone?
Now that all four of our parents are gone, it is our time to be a Godly example to those trailing us in age. Ruth was the kind of example I want to follow. May He bless us with His wisdom in the days ahead!
McClelland Miscellanea 