Death Summons Mrs. Ruth Bowers
Mrs. Ruth Marie Bowers, 53, of 615 Brown street, wife of J. Benjamin Bowers, died yesterday at her home following a lingering illness.
A lifelong resident of Zanesville, she was the daughter of George W. and Jennie Weeks Richards.
A member of the North Terrace Church of Christ, Mrs. Bowers was a former teacher in the city schools. She had served as a nurses’ aid at Good Samaritan hospital during World War II.
Surviving are her husband; her mother, Mrs. L. S. Griffiths of Santa Barbara, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Overman of Dayton and Mrs. Robert Snow of Coshocton; one brother, G. Edwin Richards of Pittsburgh, and three grandchildren.
The body has been removed to the Hearing-Bryan-DeLong funeral home.