Ruth Prescott

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Friday, April 17th, 2009

Ruth Prescott

Ruth E. Prescott, 83, of Ridgeville, Ind., died at 10:56 p.m. April 14, 2009, at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Ind.

She was born May 31, 1925, in Fort Recovery to Linville and Regina Killian Gagle. On Dec. 24, 1943, she married Calvin C. Prescott, who died Sept. 11, 2008.

Surviving are three daughters, Pamela K. (Tom) Mack, Wilkinson, Ind., Regina D. (Don) Reidy, Hartford City, Ind., Beverly M. (Rick) Garringer, Farmland, Ind.; a son, Calcy L. (Dawn) Prescott, Ridgeville; three sisters, Alice Jean (Carroll) Eichenaur and Verla Marie Roessner, all of Fort Recovery, and Clara Mae (Martin) McWay, Lima; a brother, Calvin Ray (Dorothy) Gagle, Portland, Ind.; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Deceased is a brother, Linville Otto Gagle Jr.

She was a homemaker.

Services are 1 p.m. Monday at MJS Mortuaries Ridgeville Chapel, Ridgeville, the Rev. Randy Davis officiating. Burial is at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Union City, Ind.

Calling is 2-5 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday at the chapel.

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