Ruth M. Goldsmith

Ruth Mary Goldsmith, 92 of Washington, formally of Wayland, died Friday, Jan. 11, at Halcyon House in Washington.

Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at Beatty Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Linda Renken officiating. Burial will be at Finley Cemetery south of Wayland.

A memorial has been established for the Wayland Methodist Church or Hospice of Washington Co.

She was born Aug. 29, 1915, near Trenton, the daughter of Frank and Mary Zuhn Goldsmith.

A graduate of Wayland High School and the College of Commerce in Burlington, she also attended North Texas State University and El Centro College in Dallas, Texas. She served as Jefferson Township Clerk, District Treasurer of the United Methodist Women, District President of American Legion Auxiliary, President of Business and Professional Women, President of United Methodist Women, Treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary to VFW, and served in many other offices.

She was an organist at the United Methodist Church in Wayland, member of the United Methodist Women, VIP member of the American Legion Auxiliary, life member of the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars, TTT, Alpha Iota Sorority, and former member of the National Secretaries Association.

She is the last of her immediate family, preceded in death by her parents and brother Clarence.