Ruthann White, 94, of Wabash, Indiana, died 4:45 am, Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. She was born on August 6, 1926, in Peru, Indiana, to Paul and Grace (Parks) Brackenhamer.
Ruthann was a Bunker Hill High School graduate. She married M. Max White in Peru on January 13, 1950; he died May 23, 2011. She was a member of the Wabash First Church of God, where she was a former Sunday School teacher. She enjoyed being a pastors wife at Battle Ground, Indiana and YCL ministries on Yellow Creek Lake. Ruthann was a former Gideon. She also enjoyed writing poetry, working crossword puzzles, knitting afghans, feeding the birds, and reading, especially Amish books. She and Max had a cottage on Yellow Creek Lake since 1980.
She is survived by two children, Sue A. White and Steven M. (Margie) White, both of Wabash, grandson, Benjamin (Sarah) White of Wabash, great-granddaughter, Abbi Campbell of LaFontaine, Indiana, and two sisters-in-law, Mae Brackenhamer of Palm Desert, California and Melba Easterday of Culver, Indiana. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and three brothers, Paul Brackenhamer, Jr., James Brackenhamer and Donald Brackenhamer.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Robb Rensberger officiating. A private burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash immediately after the service. Friends may call 1-2 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Gideons International or Wabash County Cancer Society.
The memorial guest book for Ruthann may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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