Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ruth H. Douglas

Feb. 11, 1918 - April 20, 2008

South Bend Tribune 4/23/2008
 SOUTH BEND - Ruth H. Douglas, 90, of Southfield Village, South Bend, IN, passed away at 10:00 PM Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Memorial Hospital. She was born on February 11, 1918, in Pittsburgh, PA, to Herbert and Margaret (Homan) Joseph. She graduated from Langley High School in Pittsburgh in 1936, and attended Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon) thereafter.

She met Franklin Douglas in a Pittsburgh city choir, and they married in Pittsburgh on September 25, 1938. He preceded her in death in 1982. The Douglas family has lived in the Michiana area since 1954. Mrs. Douglas is survived by her daughter, Jane Anne Gary of South Bend; three sons, Dale Douglas of Noblesville, IN, James (Elaine) Douglas of Bella Vista, AR, and John (Linda) Douglas of The Colony, TX; nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. Two brothers, Karl and Jesse Joseph, preceded her in death. Mrs. Douglas was a member of the St. Joseph County Purdue Extension Chorus. Mrs. Douglas had a wonderful sense of humor. She enjoyed gardening, playing music, sewing, birds and dogs. She taught piano for many years. She was a former member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and was currently a member of Grace United Methodist.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM today, April 23, 2008, in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, IN. Rev. Mary Hubbard and Rev. David Schrader will officiate. Graveside services and burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, IN. Friends visited with the family from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and may also call one hour prior to services today in the funeral home. Contributions in memory of Ruth H. Douglas may be made to the Southfield Village Therapy Department, 6450 Miami Circle, South Bend, IN 46614.