Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ruth J. Myers

Mar. 28, 1919 - Sept. 14, 2008

South Bend Tribune 9/17/2008
SOUTH BEND - Ruth J. Myers, 89, formerly of Wagon Lane in South Bend, passed away Sunday afternoon in Southfield Village. She was born on March 28, 1919, in Granger, to the late Charles and Algia (Flinn) Price. Ruth's father passed away prior to her being born and was raised by her mother and her stepfather, Harvey Hardy. On June 5, 1937, she married Gerald Marvin Myers at Epworth United Methodist Church in South Bend. They were married for 71 years prior to him passing away on August 29, 2008. Ruth was an executive secretary for the Department of Energy for many years before she retired. She was known as "Mom Myers" by all her children's friends. She loved to cook and was known for her famous buttermilk cookies!! Ruth had been a member of Studebaker's School Mother's Chorus and also was in the church choir at the former Broadway Methodist Church. She had enjoyed traveling with her husband. They traveled to all 50 states plus Canada, Australia and New Zealand. They really enjoyed their visits to Alaska. Ruth and her husband loved dancing at such places as the Aragon Ball Room and Silver Palace to the music of big bands. Ruth is survived by her loving family: her two daughters, Elaine Fleischauer and her husband, Roger of Wakarusa, IN, and Susan Spradley and her husband, Robert of Upland, CA; her two sons, Charles "Dan" Myers and his wife, Mary of Granger, and Kenneth Myers and his wife, Kay of Peoria, AZ; 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter; and her two sisters, Erma Plumbeck of South Bend and Evadean Phend of Elkhart. She was also preceded in death by her two brothers, Jack and Richard Hardy.

Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, September 18th, from 3 to 8 p.m. in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, South Bend, and one hour prior to the start of services on Friday. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. September 19th, with Rev. Vito Rulli officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery. In loving memory of Ruth, contributions may be made to either the Alzheimer's Association, Northern Indiana Chapter, P.O. Box 4204, South Bend, IN 46634; or to The Center For Hospice and Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.