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Lois Ruby Oesterling, a long time Butler
resident, died Thursday evening, April 8th in Roanoke, Virginia. She
was born in Prospect, Pennsylvania in 1916, and was the daughter of
the late Willis E. Ruby and Della Weigle Ruby of Butler.
Lois was a long time member of St.
Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, The Eastern Star, DAR, and The
Butler Country Club, where she was an excellent bridge player and an
avid golfer.
Surviving are her three daughters and
husbands, Susan and Gilman Smith of Frisco, Colorado; Karen and
Michael Taylor of Moneta, Virginia; Betsy and Ralph Grant of
Shelton, Connecticut; and one sister, Mrs. John V. (Ruth) Schweppe
of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lois leaves a legacy of nine
grandchildren: Kimberly Smith Schorr, Stephanie Smith Salter, David
Smith, Eric Taylor, Marc Taylor, Michelle Taylor Gibson, Abigail
Grant Brennan, Jessica Grant Stanciu, Andrew Grant, and twenty
great-grandchildren. She is also survived by many loving nieces and
nephews.
Lois was preceded in death by her
loving husband of fifty-seven years, W. Clyde Oesterling, who passed
away on January 9, 1994; one sister, Madeline Ruby Bixler; one
brother, Eugene Ruby; two granddaughters, Lisa Taylor and Jennifer
Taylor, and a great grandson, Nicholas Salter.
Viewing and services will be held at
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday,
April 15, 2010, with Rev. Dr. Alan Towberman of St. Mark's
Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow at North
Side Cemetery.
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A Life Remembered . . .