Chapman's Mortuary
Obituaries
(2017)

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  1.    Tufts,  Terri Rae
  2.    Thornton,  Ruth Francis
  3.    Taylor,  Jason Eugene
  4.    Damron,  Kayla Marie
  5.    Adams,  Shawn Michael
  6.    Scarberry,  Christopher
  7.    Via,  John Edward
  8.    Beckner,  Richard
  9.    Sheeley,  Colleen Kay
  10.  Wood,  Robert Lee
  11.  Hill,  Elsie
  12.  Duling,  Charles Franklin
  13.  Preston,  Arthur Lee
  14.  Ball,  Daniel Joseph
  15.  Gibson,  Roger Dale
  16.  Dawson,  Lisa Ann
  17.  Prino,  Reba E.
  18.  Smith,  Paul Michael
  19.  Adkins,  Vernon
  20.  Crickard,  Joseph
  21.  Meadows,  Ruth Ann
  22.  Harvey,  Mary Ann


 

 

 

 

 

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Obituary



Ruth Francis Flowers Thornton, aged 94, passed away on October 4, 2017, in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. She was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on December 31, 1922, the daughter of Philip and Selina Flowers and sister of Dwight, Russell, and Floyd Flowers. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00 pm Monday, October 9, 2017, at Chapman's Mortuary, with the Rev. Dr. Mark Conner officiating. Interment will be at Spring Hill Cemetery. A memorial service will take place in Pittsburgh at a later date. She attended Huntington High School and graduated in the January class of 1940. At Marshall University, she was a proud member of Theta Rho. She graduated magna cum laude with honors in Latin in 1943. After declining nine proposals of marriage, she accepted one from Arthur Lee Thornton, an officer in the United States Army Air Corps. They were posted all over the United States, living in Massachusetts, California, and Kansas. During assignment in Bagdad, Ruth enjoyed a number of adventures, including her near arrest as a spy and her thriving correspondence with the Jesuits teaching at the American University-all in Latin, to the annoyance of the Iraqi censors. She earned her master's degree in English from Marshall in 1951, and taught English and Latin at several local schools, including Milton, Cammack, Vinson, Huntington High School, Beverly Hills, and Huntington East High School, from which she retired in 1987. She was elected to Delta Kappa Gamma, a teachers' honor society, in 1961 and later served as president of Alpha Chapter. She moved to the Pittsburgh area in 2010, where her wit and charm won her a series of new friends and admirers. She is survived by her son, Michael Timothy Thornton of Atlanta, Georgia, and daughters Patricia and Helen Thornton of Allison Park, as well as grandson Eamon Thornton and wife Jessica, and great grandchildren Joseph Luke and Adelyn Ruth of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her family wishes to thank Drs. Richard Bruehlman and Aaron Smuckler of Renaissance Family Practice, the nurses and staff of UPMC St Margarets 5B and Hope Hospice. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Ruth Flowers Thornton Scholarship Fund at Marshall University. A memorial service will be conducted in Pittsburgh at a later date. Friends may visit with the family from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Sunday at the funeral home.

 

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