Ruth Maxine (Warner) Lawler |
| Posted 2023-12-22 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Wednesday, May 24, 2023, p. A-5 The game of baseball lost a loyal fan on May 10, 2023. Ruth (Warner) Lawler was born in 1928 to Loyd and Mildred Warner in Otisville, Michigan. She passed peacefully in Hospice care at her son's home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her cremation has taken place and there will be no service or donations. As a child, Ruth learned to love the Detroit Tigers. After the war, Ruth married her high school sweetheart, Phil Lawler. Together, they worked at the family business, the Otisville Elevator Co., and raised two children, Sharon and Thomas. In the 1960s, Ruth went to work for Otisville's Post Office, where she made many treasured and lasting friendships. Ruth retired as postmaster there in 1991. After Phil's passing, in 1993, Ruth followed her family West where she lived in Lake Havasu City and Wickenburg. She loved Otisville, however, and that was home in her heart forever. Ruth also loved soap operas, game shows, and crocheting countless beautiful afghans for family, friends, and acquaintances. Preceding Ruth in death were her parents, Loyd and Mildred; her husband Thomas (Phil) Lawler; and siblings Ernestine DeCoe, Everett Warner, Marion Hudson, Norine Woods, Rev. Darwin Warner and Genie Walesky. A special mention of dear friends Donna Renshaw and Mary (Bunny) Riley. Ruth is survived by siblings Berneice Garnsey and Rev. Richard Warner; families, Kim and Sharon Tibbits, Thomas Lawler, Angel Flores, and Sandra Ortiz; Jeff, Sharon, and Bobbi Tibbets; and Aimee Tibbits, Wendy Johnson, and Elle French. Ruth also leaves behind many beloved Barden and Warner relatives, including a special mention of nephew and niece, Bob and Gail Jennings, and kept in constant touch, and treasured Wickenburg Ranch friends, Jim and Jeanne Aikens. In life, Ruth "hit a walk-ff home run." |
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