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RUTH DELORES (CHEW) BURNS
Ruth Delores (Chew) Burns, 72, of Greensburg, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at the Integrated Health Services, Greensburg facility.
She was born June 22, 1927, in Herminie #2, a daughter of the late Edward L. and Myrtle (Loughner) Chew.
Mrs. Burns was a homemaker. Mrs. Burns was an active member of the Middletown United Methodist Church, where she served on the Board of Elders, was a lay minister, lay leader, and Sunday school teacher, participated as a member of the church choir and also served on the Centennial Committee. Mrs. Burns was a member of the Ethel James Rebekah Lodge #515, Adamsburg, where she served as past Noble Grand.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Thomas Burns Sr., in 1989; a granddaughter, Laurie Lynn Burns, in 1994; four brothers, Robert, Edward, Dwaine and Howard Chew; and two sisters, Twyle Carroll and Lorraine Chew.
Mrs. Burns is survived by a son, Wayne Thomas Burns Jr. and his wife, Linda, of Herminie; three daughters, Debbie Bard of Chambersburg, Ruthie Burns of Monroeville, and Roxanne Smith and her husband, Lawrence, of Meadville; four grandchildren, Jason, Marc, Matthew, and Justin; a brother, James Chew of Herminie #2; four sisters, Lottie McAlpin of Greensburg, Dorothy Spoonhoward of Herminie #2, Catherine "Katy" Mellinger, of Herminie, and Jane Henry of Greensburg. Also numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received at the JOSEPH W. NICKELS FUNERAL HOME INC., Herminie, Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. Kenneth Bossart officiating. Interment will follow in the Westmoreland Cemetery.
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Parents:
Edward Lloyd Chew (1879 - 1960)
Myrtle M. Loughner Chew (1884 - 1978)
Spouse:
Wayne Thomas Burns (1927 - 1989)*
Siblings:
Lottie A. Chew McAlpin (1906 - 2000)*
Edward C. Chew (1909 - 1931)*
Robert P Chew (1911 - 1993)*
Dorothy E Chew Spoonhoward (1915 - 2004)*
James W. Chew (1917 - 2012)*
Howard L. Chew (1920 - 1994)*
Annie Catherine Chew Mellinger (1922 - 2011)*
Lorraine L. Chew (1924 - 1925)*
Dwaine L. Chew (1924 - 1992)*
Ruth Delores Chew Burns (1927 - 2000)
*Calculated relationship
