Ruby Mable Earhart, 83, eldest daughter of Will and Maude Walther of Moorefield, was born Aug. 7, 1898, near Moorefield and died Nov. 1, 1981, at the hospital in Gothenburg.

She spent her entire life in this community, having taught school before her marriage to Dick Earhart who died in November of 1962.

She was injured in a car wreck and spent the last 16 years of her life as a resident of Sunset Haven Rest Home in Curtis.

Although confined to a wheelchair, she always was cheerful and enjoyed her family and friends who called on her.

She is survived by her two children and their spouses, Leonard and Carrie Earhart and Iona and Paul Lenz; her sister and husband, Harriett and Harold Palmer, all of Moorefield; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and many other relatives.

Graveside services were held at the Moorefield Cemetery Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Dean Herman of Curtis officiating. Wetzels of Curtis had charge of burial.

Pallbearers were grandchildren, Kenneth, Dale and Dwight Lenz and Richard, Roger and Landy Earhart.

Hi-Line Enterprise #45, Vol. 90, Thursday, 12 November 1981