Ruth Cruzan was born at Farnam, Neb., July 16, 1891, and died in the hospital at Big Rapids, Mich., November 2, 1927.

At the age of twenty-one Ruth was joined in marriage to Mr. Ira Earl Cruzan, of North Loup, Neb., and they resided in North Loup until 1920, when they moved to White Cloud, Mich.

Ruth was the oldest child of Ai (Alvin) and Laura (Whitney) Babcock. She was converted, baptized, and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church at the age of about twelve years; and when they moved to White Cloud they transferred their membership to White Cloud. They have been members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church here since that time. Ruth was an active member of the Young People’ Auxiliary of this church, and will be greatly missed by them. She has been in failing health for the past year, and her family and friends hoped that after an operation she would regain her health, but we are confronted with the fact that she had to leave us and we are all in mourning today. But we sorrow not as those who have no hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and arose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him, and we earnestly await that glad day.

She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Ira Earl Cruzan; two sons, Marion and Donald Cruzan; and a little babe, twenty-six days old; her father, mother, a brother, and a sister, besides all the church and many friends.

Words of comfort were spoken by Dr. J. C. Branch, from Romans 14: 8, "For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s."

The Sabbath Recorder, Vol 103, No 21, p 671, Nov. 21, 1927