Ruth Owen

    WASHINGTON ? Ruth Maxine Forinash Wells Owen, age 90, of rural Keota, Iowa died Tuesday, December 01, 2009 at the United Presbyterian Home following a short illness.

    Celebration of life services will be held 2:00 pm Friday, December 4, 2009 at the Jones Eden Funeral Home with Rev. Marlene Janssen officiating.   Visitation will be held from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm Thursday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home and from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm Friday.  The family will receive friends from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm Friday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home.  Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, Iowa.   Memorials have been established for the West Chester United Methodist Church or the United Presbyterian Home.  Online condolences may be sent for Ruth?s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com

    Ruth was born May 3, 1919 in West Chester, Iowa the daughter of John Clell and Mary M. (Taff) Forinash. 

For the full article, see the Dec. 2 edition of the Washington Evening Journal.