Ruth R. Long, age 87, passed away peacefully amongst family on Friday June 19, 2020 at her home. She was born January 24, 1933, in Lykens Pennsylvania, to Edith and Daniel Bixler. She was a 1950 graduate of Valley View High School. She married Felix H. Long Jr. on September 9, 1952 in San Francisco. She worked for the State of California under CAL OSHA and the Department of Corrections. Ruth was one of the kindest people you could ever meet and she had always opened up her heart and home to many throughout the years. She always was about bringing people together. Ruth truly loved life to the fullest and relished in all of its simplest pleasures. She was a scholar of the Bible and a god-fearing woman. Ruth enjoyed and loved her family the most. She is survived by her daughter Glenda, grandchildren Kristina and Brian as well as 5 great grandchildren: Tieler, Nessa, Daniel, Maximus and Zane. Ruth also has many nieces and nephews as well as cousins located in Pennsylvania. Family, friends and others whose lives Ruth touched are invited to the Mount Vernon Memorial Park and Mortuary, 8201 Greenback Lane, Fair Oaks, CA 95628 from 10:00AM-11:30AM on Monday June 29th, 2020 for funeral services and burial.
Due to the current COVID protocols for Sac/Placer/El Dorado County, guests
must wear protective masks at all times while inside the funeral home facility
and practice the recommended six foot social distancing.
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