She was an LPN and attended Living Word Church. Ruth had been a caretaker for her mother for several years. She was very devoted to her family and adored her cats. Ruth enjoyed bowling and babysitting in her younger years.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Adam and Ina Mae Lathom.
She is survived by her daughter, Terry Tyo and her husband, James; son, Larry Brown and his companion, Chuck Hobbs; grandchildren, Kyle Donley (Lezlie Hohl) and Kelsey Donley; great-grandchildren, Liam and Londyn Hohl; siblings, Bea Nurrenbern, Roger Downing, Karen Mackey, and Lisa Lathom; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2022 at Alexander East Chapel with burial to follow at Park Lawn Cemetery. Friends may visit from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 681405, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268 or Vanderburgh County Humane Society, P.O. Box 6711, Evansville, Indiana 47719.