RUTH ELLEN PATTERSON GIBSON, 61, of Ona, wife of Jimmie D. Gibson, died Sunday in St. Mary's Hospital. She was retired from Huntington Hospital. Also surviving are one daughter, Joyce Geer of West Chester, Ohio; and one sister, Joann Tipton of Waterford, Mich. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Heck Funeral Home, Milton; burial in Milton Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.