Ruth M. Lumbert
Age 60
Ruth M. Lumbert, 60, of Wellsville, Ohio died Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at East Liverpool City Hospital following a lengthy illness.
She was born in East Liverpool on December 5, 1940 and was the daughter of the late Clarence and Olive Cline Stearns.
A lifelong area resident, Mrs. Lumbert worked as a cook at area restaurants and was a former member of the Jolly Sixties.
She is survived by her husband, Leon Lumbert; a son, Rick Newlen of East Liverpool; 3 daughters, Tammy Duncan of Midland, Pa., Mrs. Richard Linda Higgins of East Liverpool, and Mrs. Brian Robin Richards of Wellsville, OH, with whom she resided; 4 brothers, Jack Duncan Texarcana, Texas, Charles Duncan of Warwood, West Virginia, Charles Stearns of Negley, OH and Norman ”Skeez” Stearns of East Liverpool; 12 grandchildren.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cynthia Towsley.
Services will be held at the East Liverpool Chapel of the Martin-MacLean-Altmeyer Funeral Homes on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Paul Sturm of Rainbow Ministries, officiating.
Burial will follow in Columbiana County Memorial Park.
Friends may call at the funeral home in East Liverpool on Thursday, November 29, 2001 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM.