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1863 - 2002



Blender, Ruth G.

Ruth G. Blender, 77, died Sept. 11, 2002, at Holiday Resort in Emporia. The funer- al service was Sept. 14, 2002, at the Saffordville United Methodist Church. Pastor Elaine Buleigh officiated. Interment was at Memorial Park Cemetery, Emporia.

Ruth Geneive Jones, the daughter of Llewelyn and Ethel Thomas Jones, was born May 18, 1925, at Hartford. She attended school at Hammond School Jt. 3 and graduated from Hartford High School. She worked as a cashier at the Lebo Mercantile store in Lebo and Foodtown Market in Emporia. She later worked in the office at the New Process Laundry in Emporia.

She and Philip Blender were married on Oct. 27, 1946, at her parents' home near Hartford. They resided on a ranch in Chase County near Saffordville where they worked together until 1985 when they semi-retired and moved to Okeene, Okla. They returned to the Saffordville ranch in 1993.

Mrs. Blender attended the Saffordville United Methodist Church and was a member of the Okeene United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women, Falls Chapter #25 Order of the Eastern Star at Cottonwood Falls, honorary member of the Toledo 4-H Club, and a previous member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Women's Circle in Cottonwood Falls.

She took an active part in her local community activi- ties, extension, and 4-H work, serving on the Chase County Extension Executive Board and clothing project leader for a number of years.

She is survived by her hus- band; one son, Howard Blender of Emporia; one daughter, Sharon Gardner of Colorado Springs, Colo.; five granddaughters; two grand- sons; and a host of relatives and friends. Two sisters, Thelma Williams and Delphene Prouse, and a brother, Hugh Jones, died earlier. Memorial are suggested to the Saffordville United Methodist Church or the Chase County 4-H Council.

Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kans., Sept 19, 2002





Chase County Death Notices and Obituaries,
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