Former Fort Recovery resident Ruth Grile, 81, of Piqua, died at 6 a.m. Sept. 15, 2008, at Garbry Ridge Assisted Living, Piqua.

She was born Oct. 20, 1926, in Lorain, to Russel and Hazel Young Pyle. On Sept. 3, 1955, she married Dwight Grile, who died Sept. 13, 1991.

Surviving are a son, Stanley (Barbara), Troy; two daughters, Lynne, Troy, and Myrna (William) O'Brien, Marshall, Va.; a sister, Bonnie Pyle, Piqua; a brother-in-law, Donald Harter, Fort Recovery; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Deceased are two sisters, Betty Harter and Mae Norberg.

She retired as a bookkeeper for Hull Brothers, Fort Recovery. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Fort Recovery, and a 1944 graduate of Fort Recovery High School.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church, the Rev. Verl Ballmer officiating. Burial is at Springhill Cemetery, Fort Recovery.

Calling is 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, and 9:30 a.m. until time of services Friday at the church.

Contributions can be made to Hospice of Miami County.