Gould

Ruth E. Gould, 83, of Butler passed peacefully early Sunday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospice at Concordia in Cabot.

She was born Oct. 7, 1925, in Cabot, a daughter of the late Harry and Mabel Krumphe Cypher.

Ruth was a longtime member of the St. Paul Catholic Church in Butler and the AARP, and she had been a drummer in the Catholic Daughters of America Drum and Bugle Corps.

She was a devoted wife and homemaker and also enjoyed playing bingo and cards. She especially loved watching her many nieces and nephews grow through the years and then helping their families grow. There was no one like our "Aunt Ruthie" and many will miss her.

Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Donald E. "Gouldy" Gould, and numerous nieces and nephews.

As the last surviving member of her immediate family of 11 children, she was preceded in death by four brothers and six sisters.

<B>GOULD </B>—<B> </B>Friends of Ruth E. Gould, who died Sunday, May 17, 2009, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St., Butler. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Butler.The St. Paul Guild and Christian Mothers will meet at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday at the church to recite the rosary.The family requests that memorial donations can be made to the Butler Public Library 218 N. McKean St., Butler, PA 16001.Information and a guest book are available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.