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September 18, 2018
Services
A graveside service is scheduled for 11:30AM Saturday September 22, 2018 at Laurel Grove Memorial Park.
Ruth Scheetz age 90 of Wayne passed away peacefully in the presence of and while receiving the loving care of her family. Ruth was born and raised in Paterson. She was one of three children to Joseph and hazel Newbold. Growing up in Paterson she went to Passaic Valley High School graduating with the class of 1945.
Ruth was part of a group in our society that has become known of late as “The Greatest Generation.” People of the Greatest Generation are people who grew up during he depravation of the Great Depression and later as young adults bore witness to the Second World War.
Ruth was seventeen or eighteen years old when she was introduces to a handsome young man by the name of Donald Kane. The two of them dated for a short time and as fate would have it they fell in love and were married on June twenty first in 1946. After getting married Donald and Ruth settled in Totowa New Jersey. They stayed in Totowa for about eight or nine years then moved to Wayne in 1957. During the early years of Ruth’s marriage, she continued her education at Montclair Teachers College, which is now known as Montclair State University. There she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. Also during that time in her life she supplemented her education with the daunting but rewarding task of being a homemaker.
Ruth was offered a position as a Guidance Counselor in Oakland in 1958. Ruth worked there for the next ten years and in 1968 she and her family moved to Cape May where she continued her career as a Guidance Counselor for Richard Titleman School. Ruth was employed there until her retirement in 1987. Ruth and Donald cherished 36 years of loving and loyal marriage until Donald’s sudden and unexpected passing in 1982. Several years after moving to Cape May Donald and Ruth bought a restaurant together named the Washington Inn. They later sold that business and together bought a Bed and Breakfast called The Albert Hughes House. They owned this establishment for about one year when Donald passed away. Ruth tried to maintain and run the Bed and Breakfast for about five years or so but eventually sold it. Although Ruth was heartbroken when Donald died, years later she was able to find love again and married Robert Scheetz. Ruth cherished another twenty years of marriage to Robert until his passing in 2009.
Ruth was quite talented and enjoyed singing and acting. She was a long time member of the first Presbyterian Church in Cape May where she also sang in the choir. Ruth also put her acting and singing skills to work in her local community theatre. She was a master gardener, she was always happy and upbeat and was always known to have a smile one her face. She was cultured and was the kind of person that was always sweet and polite to everyone she knew and met. Ruth was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed.
Ruth is survived by her two daughters; Donna Binder and her husband Roy of Wayne, and Leslie Marfani of Curtis Bay, MD, one brother Joseph Newbold of Greenacres, FL, and one sister Shirley Fagerlund of Greenacres, FL, seven grandchildren; Jenna Smith, Jared Taylor, Zeenat Timm, Zain Marfani, Zeeshan Marfani, Sarah Valenz, and Eric Binder, and six great grandchildren; Ryan Christopher, Addison, Jack, Ella, and Charlotte. Ruth was predeceased by her first husband Donald Kane in 1982 and her second husband Robert Scheetz in 2009.
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A graveside service is scheduled for 11:30AM Saturday September 22, 2018 at Laurel Grove Memorial Park.
September 18, 2018
Services
A graveside service is scheduled for 11:30AM Saturday September 22, 2018 at Laurel Grove Memorial Park.
Ruth Scheetz age 90 of Wayne passed away peacefully in the presence of and while receiving the loving care of her family. Ruth was born and raised in Paterson. She was one of three children to Joseph and hazel Newbold. Growing up in Paterson she went to Passaic Valley High School graduating with the class of 1945.
Ruth was part of a group in our society that has become known of late as “The Greatest Generation.” People of the Greatest Generation are people who grew up during he depravation of the Great Depression and later as young adults bore witness to the Second World War.
Ruth was seventeen or eighteen years old when she was introduces to a handsome young man by the name of Donald Kane. The two of them dated for a short time and as fate would have it they fell in love and were married on June twenty first in 1946. After getting married Donald and Ruth settled in Totowa New Jersey. They stayed in Totowa for about eight or nine years then moved to Wayne in 1957. During the early years of Ruth’s marriage, she continued her education at Montclair Teachers College, which is now known as Montclair State University. There she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. Also during that time in her life she supplemented her education with the daunting but rewarding task of being a homemaker.
Ruth was offered a position as a Guidance Counselor in Oakland in 1958. Ruth worked there for the next ten years and in 1968 she and her family moved to Cape May where she continued her career as a Guidance Counselor for Richard Titleman School. Ruth was employed there until her retirement in 1987. Ruth and Donald cherished 36 years of loving and loyal marriage until Donald’s sudden and unexpected passing in 1982. Several years after moving to Cape May Donald and Ruth bought a restaurant together named the Washington Inn. They later sold that business and together bought a Bed and Breakfast called The Albert Hughes House. They owned this establishment for about one year when Donald passed away. Ruth tried to maintain and run the Bed and Breakfast for about five years or so but eventually sold it. Although Ruth was heartbroken when Donald died, years later she was able to find love again and married Robert Scheetz. Ruth cherished another twenty years of marriage to Robert until his passing in 2009.
Ruth was quite talented and enjoyed singing and acting. She was a long time member of the first Presbyterian Church in Cape May where she also sang in the choir. Ruth also put her acting and singing skills to work in her local community theatre. She was a master gardener, she was always happy and upbeat and was always known to have a smile one her face. She was cultured and was the kind of person that was always sweet and polite to everyone she knew and met. Ruth was a very special person who touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed.
Ruth is survived by her two daughters; Donna Binder and her husband Roy of Wayne, and Leslie Marfani of Curtis Bay, MD, one brother Joseph Newbold of Greenacres, FL, and one sister Shirley Fagerlund of Greenacres, FL, seven grandchildren; Jenna Smith, Jared Taylor, Zeenat Timm, Zain Marfani, Zeeshan Marfani, Sarah Valenz, and Eric Binder, and six great grandchildren; Ryan Christopher, Addison, Jack, Ella, and Charlotte. Ruth was predeceased by her first husband Donald Kane in 1982 and her second husband Robert Scheetz in 2009.
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