Adams

Ruby E. Adams, 59, of Shippenville, Elk Township, Clarion County, died Tuesday at Clarion Hospital.

Born June 19, 1949, in East Brady, she was the daughter of Harvey E. Adams and Dorothy P. Crawford.

She was a 1968 graduate of East Brady High School and was a material handler at Gardenscape in Shippenville.

She enjoyed crocheting, puzzles, yardwork, camping, fishing, hunting and bingo.

Surviving are three daughters, Cindy A. Merryman of Shippenville, Dianne L. Buzard of Perry Township, Armstrong County, and Tina M. Johnston and her husband, Erik, of Hawthorne; her mother, Dorothy P. Bowers of Clarion; three sisters, Carol Anthony of Clarion, her twin Ruth E. DeVore and her husband, Rob, of East Brady and Sheila Adams of Rimersburg; and four brothers, Harvey E. Adams Jr. and his wife, Brenda, of Perry Township, Armstrong County, Samuel Adams of Herman, Theodore Adams of Emlenton and Kenneth P. Adams of Clarion.

Also surviving are 11 grandchildren, Kara L. Merryman, Crystal D. Crissman, Cheyenne M. Aufdencamp, Charlie E. Buzard, Casey E. Buzard, Brandon L. Merryman, twins Jordan R. and Janelle R. Merryman, Sierra D. Johnston, Amber R. Johnston and Rick J. Johnston; and three great-grandchildren, Jason D. Merryman, Zoey A. Foster and Natasha L. Crissman.

She was preceded in death by her father; a sister, Kathy Pipkins; and a half-brother, Charles Anthony.

<B>ADAMS </B>— Friends of Ruby E. Adams, who died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the <B>Charles B. Buechele Funeral Home</B>, 105 Fourth St., East Brady. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Randy L. Evans, hospice chaplain of the Clarion Forest VNA Association, officiating.Memorials may be made to the Clarion Forest VNA Association, P.O. Box 668, Knox, PA 16232.