Ruth I. Green, 90, of Mt. Vernon and a former Benton resident, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at her second home, the Mt. Vernon Residential Living Center.
She was born in Benton, IL, on September 14, 1924, the daughter of Ed and Hattie (Johnson) Sanders.
She married Ralph E. Green on Nov. 14, 1946 and he preceded her in death on July 25, 2011.
Mrs. Green loved to go to rummage sales and she loved to go out to eat with her sisters. Her family was the most important thing in her life. She game them her unconditional love and did everything for them she possibly could.
Mrs. Green is survived by three daughters, Brenda Hayes and husband Rick, of Mt. Vernon, IL, Tammy Noel and husband Jim, of Benton, IL and Sharon McKissen and husband Dan, of Michigan; grandchildren Tommy Hayes and wife Amy of Mt. Vernon, Todd Hayes and wife Stacy, of Mt. Vernon, Tim and Kevin Spears of Benton, Melanie Harvey and husband Brian, of Carbondale, Brecca and Bryli Wyant, of Benton, Sandy Fauble and husband Gale, of Michigan, Vickie Hoffman, of Georgia and Gerald Losinski and wife Pam, of Michigan; great-grandchildren Alexys, Paetyn, Kennady, Darick, Jacob and Emily Hayes, all of Mt. Vernon, Hannah Harvey, of Carbondale, Alicia Shelton, Whittington and Chelsea, Brittany and Kaylee Spears, of Benton; sister Delores Neal, of Norris City, IL and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Green was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daugher-in-law Donna Green Kuriger, brother Chike Sanders, sisters Mildred Crowder and Doris Downey.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton with the Rev. Mark Minor officiating. Burial will be at Masonic & Oddfellows Cemetery, in Benton. Visitation will be after 12 noon on Thursday at Morton & Johnston Funeral Home, in Benton.
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