Ruth Evelyn Hunt, 82, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 11:55 pm, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Parkview Wabash Hospital. She was born on August 28, 1940, in Wabash, to Kenneth Earhart and Dorothy (Burnsworth) Earhart Lundeen.
Ruth was a 1958 graduate of Noble Township High School. She married Johnny Hunt in Wabash on January 16, 1960; he died August 15, 2020. Ruth worked at Dana Corporation, in Andrews, Indiana. She was a member of Grace Fellowship Church in Wabash. Ruth enjoyed camping, crocheting, her dogs, reading her Bible, and spending time with her family. She was well known for her peanut butter fudge.
She is survived by three daughters, Sheryl (Tim) Young of Wabash, Debbie Hunt of Kokomo, Indiana, and Cathy (Mirsad) Hadzic of Las Vegas, Nevada; daughter-in-law, Kathy Hunt of Warsaw, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Rachel (Rob) Devita of Merrimack, New Hampshire, Brandy (Jesus Rosas) O’Donnell of Wabash, Aaron (Michelle) Bolin of Peru, Indiana, Casey Bolin of Columbia City, Indiana, Jamee McWhirt of Huntington, Indiana, Tyler Hunt of Warsaw, and Amy (Bryce) Dielman of Gilead, Indiana; 13 great grandchildren, Emma, Aries, Lana, Logan, Samantha, Brooklynn, Vayda, Shepherd, Bryson, Emmett, Waylan, Wyatt, and Wiley; brother, Robert (Sherry) Earhart of Wabash; and her step sister Charlene Niccum of Bryan, Ohio. She was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Tony Hunt, and her brother, Kenneth Earhart.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Lou Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-7 pm Monday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is the Grace Fellowship Youth Program
The memorial guest book for Ruth may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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