Patricia Harden Ruffner
Patricia Harden Ruffner, age 56, of Nemacolin, passed away Monday, August 28, 2017 at home with her loving family at her side.
She was born July 22, 1961 at Uniontown, a daughter of Gerald R Harden Sr. and Elizabeth Pearl (Smitley) Harden.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, James Robert Jr.
She had attended Albert Gallatin High School and was married to James R. Ruffner on August 11, 1978.
She was a God-fearing woman, strong in her faith and a Protestant. Her great love, in addition to her husband and children, was her grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, James, she is survived by two daughters, Patricia Elizabeth Harden and fiancé Charles L. Bowser of Nemacolin and Mary Frances of Nemacolin; a nephew, William Ruffner III, whom she thought of as a son; two grandchildren, Jamie Harden and Adain James Leonard Ruffner; siblings, Gerald R. Harden Jr. of Masontown, Robert Allen Harden of Carmichaels, Mary Bowden of Smithfield and Donna Baer of McClellandtown.
The family will receive friends in the John F. Brownfield Funeral Home Of Smithfield, today from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, August 31, 2017 until 11:00 a.m. when services will be conducted with Rev. Ernie Dodson officiating.
Interment will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Smithfield.