F. Ruth Ballentine 1922 - 1994

BALLENTINE, THORNTON, FRAZIER, TAYLOR

Posted By: Linda H Meyers (email)
Date: 6/7/2009 at 21:27:06

F. Ruth Ballentine
Jan. 14, 1922, to Feb. 17, 1994

F. Ruth Ballentine, 72, of Nevada, died of cancer at Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames.

She was born in Andover, Ohio, to Walter B. and Bessie (Thorton) Frazier. On Nov. 21, 1941, she married Edward H. Ballentine in Andover, Ohio. In 1959, they moved to Nevada where she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Nevada Women's Club, many bridge clubs and the Questers. She was reading chairman for the Literature Club.

Survivors include her husband, Edward Ballentine of Nevada; two sons, Edward Ballentine Jr., of Fairfax, Va., and Blaine Ballentine of Bettendorf; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Mildred Taylor; and her brother, Cyril Frazier.

Funeral services and burial were held Feb. 21 at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Nevada. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society. Cooper-Ryan Funeral Home, Nevada, was in charge of arrangements.

---from the Nevada Journal