Ruth E. (Bunting) Goins (1934 - 2014)

Born 30 Apr 1934 in Corwith Iowa

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Died 10 Oct 2014 at age 80 in Waterloo Iowa

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Biography

Ruth E. Goins, 80, of Waterloo, died Friday, October 10, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, of ALS. She was born April 30, 1934, in Corwith, Iowa, the daughter of Arch C. and Beulah Crow Bunting. She married Richard A. Goins on September 12, 1953; he died January 8, 2000. A 1952 graduate of Jesup High School, Jesup, Iowa, Ruth was a secretary to several executives at Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., retiring in 1994 after 30 years. She was a member and Deaconess of Walnut Ridge Baptist Church where she sang in and helped organize music for the Choir, assisted in the Academy office as well as for funeral dinners. Ruth was a kind and loving lady and was always doing for others. She greeted people with a hug and a wink. Ruth was a friend to many and never had an unkind word for anyone. She is survived by: four sisters, Margaret Opfer and Mary (Ted) Moody, both of El Cajon, California, Helen Gjovig of Coralville, Iowa and Carol (Don) Elson of Waterloo; a brother, Donald (Reva) Bunting of Ames, Iowa; two sisters-in-law, Glenola Bunting of Jesup and Justene Bunting of Cedar Falls, Iowa; a brother-in-law, Gordon (Wanda) Goins of Independence, Iowa; and nieces and nephews and their families. Ruth was preceded in death by: her parents; four brothers, Charles, Robert, Harold and Marlyn Bunting; and two sisters, Camille Gjovig and Katherine LaPole. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 18, 2014, at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, 1307 West Ridgeway Ave. Memorials may be directed to Waterloo Christian School .

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