Ruth Zeigler

Ruth Marie Zei­gler, age 96, of Mount Gilead, passed away Wednes­day after­noon, August 22, 2012, at the Wood­side Vil­lage Care Cen­ter in Mount Gilead.

On March 20, 1916, Ruth was born in Ful­ton, Ohio, the daugh­ter of the late Del­bert and Mary (Skin­ner) Liggett. She grad­u­ated from Marengo High School in the Class of 1934.

She mar­ried Wal­ter C. Zei­gler on Sep­tem­ber 7, 1935. They shared a lov­ing and car­ing mar­riage for over 73 years before he pre­ceded her in death on Sep­tem­ber 20, 2008. Ruth and Wal­ter spent more than 50 years work­ing together in their Amway busi­ness. They enjoyed tak­ing care of deliv­er­ies and mak­ing new friends along the way. In addi­tion to her Amway busi­ness, Ruth also worked for North Elec­tric and the Mor­row County Auditor’s Office.

Ruth was a long time mem­ber of the Trin­ity United Methodist Church. She was also a mem­ber of the Busi­ness and Pro­fes­sional Women’s Club where she was once named Out­stand­ing Busi­ness Woman of the Year for Mor­row County, and the Women’s Demo­c­ra­tic Club, hav­ing served as Pres­i­dent of each organization.

Noth­ing was more impor­tant to Ruth than her fam­ily. She loved spend­ing time with them, laugh­ing and telling sto­ries. She will always be remem­bered for the bub­bly, lov­ing and nur­tur­ing way she had about herself.

Ruth will be dearly missed by two daugh­ters: Helen (Paul) Collins of Marengo, Deb­bie (Dan) McCar­dle of Mount Gilead; a son, Melvin (Betty) Zei­gler of Reynolds­burg; a daughter-in-law, Linda Zei­gler of Colum­bus; six grand­chil­dren: Travis Zei­gler of Reynolds­burg, Greta Zei­gler of Colum­bus, Brett McCar­dle, Amberly McCar­dle, and Amanda Selby, all of KY, Melanie (Mark) Dick­man of Wor­thing­ton; four great grand­daugh­ters: Alexis and Pay­ton Selby, April (Bradley) Walker and Court­ney Dick­man; one great grand­son, Chris Dick­man; a great great grand­son, Gabriel Walker; five nephews: Dan (Court­ney) Ryon of Raleigh, NC, Mike (Bon­nie) Ryon of Den­ver, NC, Tom (Lynn) Ryon of Spring, TX, Guy Liggett Jr. of MA, Bernard (Dorothy) Patrick of Delaware; many great nieces and nephews; spe­cial cousins, For­rest Fritz, Bob Skin­ner and their fam­i­lies; and numer­ous cousins.

In addi­tion to her hus­band, Wal­ter, and her par­ents, Ruth was pre­ceded in death by her son, William; her brother, Guy Liggett; and her sis­ter, Faye Ryon.

At her request, funeral ser­vices will not be held and a pri­vate bur­ial will take place in Ful­ton Ceme­tery at a later date.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions, if desired, may be made to Hos­pice of Mor­row County, 228 South Street, Mount Gilead, OH 43338.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve Ruth’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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