Ruth Martin Miller

Ruth Martin Miller, 100, formerly of Elizabethtown and Mount Joy, has passed into the waiting arms of the Lord she loved on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz where she was a resident for the past five years. Born in Elizabethtown on February 14, 1917 she was the daughter of the late, Irvin N. and Elizabeth Martin Heisey. She was the loving wife of Rufus S. Miller for 74 years before his passing in February 2012. Ruth was devoted to her Lord and family. She was a kind and gracious person who thought of others first. In her early married life she worked with her husband at the Hershey Units as a cook and then spent long hours working with her husband to help make the family farm and hatchery prosper. For several years, Ruth, was an Avon representative and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. Ruth was a member of Mt. Calvary Church, Elizabethtown. Over the years she visited many churches accompanying her husband, a Gideon representative, and was herself a member of the Gideon Auxiliary. It was very fitting that Ruth was born on Valentine’s Day as her loving spirit and caring nature was a blessing to all who knew her.

Surviving is a son, Kenneth L. husband of Brandy (Schleeh) Miller of Solvang, CA daughter, Carol A. wife of Edwin Landis of Mount Joy, two grandchildren, Jodi Landis wife of David Kerlin of Mount Joy, Jenny Landis wife of Chris Wawrzyniak of Elizabethtown, and two great grandchildren, Tiffany Hernandez and Wyatt Wawrzyniak.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Ruth’s funeral service at the Buch Funeral Home, 21 West Main Street, Mount Joy on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. There will be a time of visitation with family on Saturday from 1:00 pm until the time of the service. Interment in Bainbridge Cemetery will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may send contributions in Ruth’s memory to Gideon’s International, Lancaster West, P.O. Box 194 Manheim PA 17545.