Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ruth Perkins

Jan. 25, 1915 - Nov. 16, 2002

South Bend Tribune 11/19/2002

Mrs. Ruth Perkins, 87, of West Kern Road, South Bend, Ind., formerly of Roosevelt Road, South Bend, passed away at 12:24 p.m. Saturday in Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home in Walkerton, Ind., after an extended illness. Ruth was born on Jan. 25, 1915, in McLeansboro, Ill., and resided in the Michiana area all her lifetime.

On April 7, 1934, in South Bend, as Ruth Smith, she married Charles Edward Perkins, who passed away on Jan, 11, 1992. She is survived by four daughters, Dorothy M. (Norman) Beagles of Walkerton, Carolyn R. (Richard) Wiley of Noblesville, Ind., Sandi J. (Dennis) Grzeskowiak of Plymouth, Ind.; and Jan I. (Richard) Nimtz of South Bend. She was also survived by 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, whom she loved and cherished. Ruth was a loving, caring wife , mother and grandmother and will be deeply missed by her family and all who knew her.

Visitation hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today, Nov. 19, in the Hanley and Sons "Southwest Chapel" Funeral Home, located at West Ireland Road/Indiana 23, South Bend. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in the funeral home, and burial will follow at Sumption Prairie Cemetery.

Mrs. Perkins was a former member of the Sumption Prairie United Methodist Church. The family request that all memorial contributions be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County. The HANLEY and Sons "Southwest Chapel" Funeral Home handled arrangements and services and extend deepest sympathy and heartfelt prayers to the Perkins family.