Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ruth L. Newberg

Feb. 10, 1923 - Sept. 8, 2008

South Bend Tribune 9/10/2008
SOUTH BEND - Ruth L. Newberg, 85, of South Bend passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 8:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 8th, in the Southfield Village Nursing Center. Mrs. Newberg was born on February 10, 1923, in Mishawaka, IN, and had resided in the Michiana area her lifetime. On January 3, 1940, in Plymouth, Indiana, as Ruth L. Hayn, she married Wayne H. Newberg, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Rebecca E. (Stanley) Nooe of Bradenton, FL; a son, Larry W. (Marleta) Newberg of Kokomo, IN; five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren whom she loved and cherished; a sister, Mildred Kruse of Pinellas Park, FL; and by two brothers, Paul (Dorothy) Hayn of Plymouth, IN, and Don (Mary) Hayn of Argos, IN. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Helen O'Hara and Mary Rutherford. Ruth was a homemaker and loved to travel, gardening, church work, camping, and flying with her husband. She was a true Christian and served the Lord faithfully. She will be sadly missed by a loving family, her church family, and all who had the opportunity to know this wonderful lady. Ruth was a former member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Plymouth and South Bend Central United Methodist Church. She and her husband were most recently members of Southlawn United Methodist Church.

Visitation hours will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in Southlawn United Methodist Church, 60756 US 31 S., South Bend. Funeral services will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday in the church, with Pastors Joseph R. Baunock and Ron Dixon officiating. Burial to follow at Southlawn Cemetery. The family request, PLEASE, in lieu of flowers, please make all memorials to the Southlawn United Methodist Church. The HANLEY & Sons "Southwest Chapel" Funeral Home handled arrangements and extend its deepest sympathy and heartfelt prayers to the Newberg family.