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Ruth Ann Higinbotham
December 24, 1930 ~ March 25, 2016 (age 85) 85 Years OldShare using:
Ruth Ann Higinbotham, age 85, of South Haven, Michigan, (formerly of East Lansing, MI; Conway, SC; Birmingham, MI; and Bethel Park, PA) died Friday, March 25, 2016, in the company of her loving family.
She was born December 24, 1930, in West Brownsville, PA, and was the first-born child of the late Boyd and Ruby (Pritts) Bakewell.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James H. Higinbotham, and three brothers: Robert, Donald and James Bakewell.
Ruth Ann graduated from the Washington Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She practiced nursing for close to fifty years while working as an RN at: the F.E. Warren Air Force Base Hospital in Cheyenne, WY; the Booth Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA; the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI (from where she retired); and the Conway Hospital in Conway, SC.
Ruth and Jim enjoyed traveling the world over (logging over 200,000 miles) and spending time with their children and grandchildren. They retired to Myrtle Beach, SC, and lived there from 1989 – 2005. They then moved to Michigan in 2005 to be closer to family.
Ruth is survived by her beloved sister: Susan McVey and her husband Floyd of North Carolina; two loving sons: Kim James Higinbotham and wife Mary of Shelby Twp., MI; Thomas Hudson Higinbotham and wife Patti of South Haven, MI; friend and daughter-in-law: Sue Frey of East Lansing, MI; four adoring grandchildren: Holly Maino and husband Tony, Emma Higinbotham and husband John Kirn, Rachel Higinbotham, and Mady Higinbotham; and two beautiful great-granddaughters Olivia and Bella Maino.
Friends will be received at the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 515 Front Street, Brownsville, PA, on Wednesday, March 30 from 6 – 8 PM, and Thursday, March 31 from 11 AM to 1 PM the hour of service with the Reverend Floyd McVey officiating. Interment will follow in the Lafayette Memorial Park at Briar Hill, PA.
To sign the online guest book, log onto www.novakfuneralhome.net
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Hospice at Home, South Haven, Michigan: www.lakelandhealth.org/hospice-at-home-cares
She was born December 24, 1930, in West Brownsville, PA, and was the first-born child of the late Boyd and Ruby (Pritts) Bakewell.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James H. Higinbotham, and three brothers: Robert, Donald and James Bakewell.
Ruth Ann graduated from the Washington Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She practiced nursing for close to fifty years while working as an RN at: the F.E. Warren Air Force Base Hospital in Cheyenne, WY; the Booth Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA; the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI (from where she retired); and the Conway Hospital in Conway, SC.
Ruth and Jim enjoyed traveling the world over (logging over 200,000 miles) and spending time with their children and grandchildren. They retired to Myrtle Beach, SC, and lived there from 1989 – 2005. They then moved to Michigan in 2005 to be closer to family.
Ruth is survived by her beloved sister: Susan McVey and her husband Floyd of North Carolina; two loving sons: Kim James Higinbotham and wife Mary of Shelby Twp., MI; Thomas Hudson Higinbotham and wife Patti of South Haven, MI; friend and daughter-in-law: Sue Frey of East Lansing, MI; four adoring grandchildren: Holly Maino and husband Tony, Emma Higinbotham and husband John Kirn, Rachel Higinbotham, and Mady Higinbotham; and two beautiful great-granddaughters Olivia and Bella Maino.
Friends will be received at the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 515 Front Street, Brownsville, PA, on Wednesday, March 30 from 6 – 8 PM, and Thursday, March 31 from 11 AM to 1 PM the hour of service with the Reverend Floyd McVey officiating. Interment will follow in the Lafayette Memorial Park at Briar Hill, PA.
To sign the online guest book, log onto www.novakfuneralhome.net
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Hospice at Home, South Haven, Michigan: www.lakelandhealth.org/hospice-at-home-cares
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