NESBITT, Ruth Miller - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

New Richmond - Mrs. Ruth Nesbitt, 80, a resident of New Richmond all her life, died at 4 a.m. today in Home Hospital, Lafayette. She had been hospitalized two days after a stroke. She was a member of the New Richmond United Methodist Church and WSCS of the church and a charter member of the Tuesday Study Club. A graduate of New Richmond HS she attended Purdue. Mrs. Nesbitt was born Feb 23, 1894, a daughter of Thomas B and Martha Kirkpatrick Miller. She married Herman B. Nesbitt at New Richmond Sept 5, 1916. He survives. Other survivors include 3 sons, William Richard, Rt 1, Romney, Thomas, New Richmond and John of Doylestown, PA; 5 daughters, Mrs. Martha Steinbricker of Ridge Manor, Fl; Mrs. Virginia Greenburg, Wingate; Mrs. Helen Williams, Hartsdale, NY; Mrs. Doris Jackson, Lexington KY; and MIss Winifred Nesbitt, Joliet, Ill; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Swank, New Richmond, Mrs. Helen Manley of Bozeman, Mont; 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers. Private funeral services will be at 2 .m. Thursday in Servies-Thomas Funeral Home, Waynetown with Rev. Tom True officiating. Burial in New Richmond Cemetery. There will be no public calling. The family requests memorials be made in the form of donations to the United Methodist Children's Home, 515 W. Camp St, Lebanon.