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 Ruth
M. Bushong Ely, formerly of Lancaster, passed away at Masonic
Village in Elizabethtown on Friday, March 11, 2011. She was born
October 19, 1916, the daughter of the late Harry and Jennie Milley.
She was the wife of the late Jay Bushong to whom she was married
for over 31 years and the late John Ely with whom she shared 7
years until his death in 1990.
Ruth was
employed by American Seed Company during World War II and again
after Jay's death. She and Jay had spent many happy hours in the
company of their large number of friends dancing and playing
cards. With John, she traveled throughout the United States and
sailed the high seas, including a trans-Atlantic cruise on the QE
II, and she gave him loving care during his last illness.
She is
survived by her daughter Barbara, wife of John Graeter, and two
grandsons, Chris Graeter, husband of Julie Colville, Fort Collins,
Colorado, and Tim Graeter, husband of Rachel Cantwell, Kettering,
Ohio, and granddaughters Claire, Lindsey, Emily, Audrey and
Hannah, along with five sisters, Kathleen Milley, Mary Kittinger,
Catherine (Kitty) Guinter and Sylvia Erisman, all of Lancaster,
and by Margaret Milley of New Mexico, and many nieces and nephews
whom she loved dearly. She also leaves a stepson, Albert Ely and
his wife Mary Jane, of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, and their children
John, David and Megan and six great-grandchildren. Ruth's brothers
Charles, Richard and Robert Milley predeceased her.
The family
wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the staff and employees
of Masonic Village, especially in the Lafayette East neighborhood,
for the kindness and love they extended to Ruth during the time
she was with them.
A Memorial
Service will take place Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 11 AM, with
Chaplain Timothy A. Nickel officiating, at the Charles F. Snyder
Funeral Home & Crematory, 441 N. George St., Millersville, PA.
Friends may greet the family from 10-11 AM at the funeral home.
Private Interment in Riverview Burial Park. Please omit flowers.
If desired, contributions may be sent to Masonic Charities, One
Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. To send the family online
condolences, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder
Funeral Home & Crematory, 717-872-5041 |
