Ruth Ann (Bakewell) Higinbotham
Ruth Ann (Bakewell) Higinbotham, R.N., age 85, of South Haven, Michigan (formerly of East Lansing, Michigan, Conway, South Carolina, Birmingham, Michigan and Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) died on Friday, March 25, 2016 in the company of her loving family.
She was born on Wednesday, December 24, 1930 in West Brownsville, Pa., and was the first-born child of Boyd Bakewell and Ruby (Pritts) Bakewell.
Ruth Ann graduated from the Washington (Pa.) Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She practiced nursing for close to fifty years while working as an Registered Nurse at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base Hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Booth Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan (from where she retired), and the Conway Hospital in Conway, South Carolina.
Ruth and Jim enjoyed traveling the world over (logging over 200,000 miles) and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
They retired to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and lived there from 1989 until 2005. They then moved to Michigan in 2005 to be closer to family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 56 years, James H. Higinbotham; and three brothers, Robert Bakewell, Donald Bakewell and James Bakewell.
Ruth is survived by her beloved sister, Susan McVey and her husband Floyd of North Carolina; two loving sons: Kim James Higinbotham and wife Mary of Shelby Township, Michigan, and Thomas Hudson Higinbotham and wife Patti of South Haven, Michigan; friend and daughter-in-law, Sue Frey of East Lansing, Michigan; four adoring grandchildren: Holly Maino and husband Tony Emma Higinbotham and her husband John Kirn, Rachel Higinbotham, and Mady Higinbotham; and two beautiful great granddaughters: Olivia Maino and Bella Maino.
Friends will be received at the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 515 Front Street, Brownsville, Pa., today, Wednesday, March 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday March 31, 2016 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., the hour of the Service with the Reverend Floyd McVey officiating.
Interment will follow in Lafayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.
Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to: Hospice at Home, South Haven, Michigan: www.lakeland health.org/hospice-at-home-cares
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