Ruth Broadwater Duke

She was born April 15, 1926 in Isabelle, a daughter of the late Charles and Emma Hamilton Broadwater.

Mrs. Duke was a 1945 graduate of Jefferson High School.

She had worked as a clerk at Hamilton Supply and the J & R Corner Store in Mather from 1974 to 1984.

Mrs. Duke was a member of St. Marcellus RC Church, Jefferson, American Legion Post #954 Auxiliary, the Jefferson Senior Citizens and a Meals on Wheels Volunteer.

On December 27, 1950 she married John M. Duke, who died September 15, 2010.

Surviving are a daughter, Lana Monas and her husband Jim of Mather, a son, Dana Duke and his wife Jackie of Fairfax, VA; six grandchildren, Julie Venick, JD Saunders, Todd Saunders, Tom Saunders, Emma Duke and Charlotte Duke; five great grandchildren, Sausha Saunders, Payne Saunders, Emily Venick, Kaylin Venick and Riley Venick; a brother, Donald Broadwater and his wife Marge of Jefferson; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased is a daughter, Emily K. Saunders; five brothers, Pete Broadwater, Edward Broadwater, Eugene Broadwater, Charles Broadwater, and LeRoy Broadwater.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. Marcellus RC Church, 1340 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, PA 15344, with Fr. J. Francis Frazer officiating. Interment will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Waynesburg. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Behm Funeral Home, 1477 Jefferson Rd., Jefferson, PA 15344, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor. Condolences may be expressed online at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.