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Ruth Vera Wentworth, 93

| April 26, 2017 9:26 PM

Ruth Vera Wentworth, 93, passed away April 24, 2017, with family, at her home.

She was born Feb. 10, 1924, in Bemidji, Minnesota, to Flora and Lody Mackaman. She was the fourth of six children.

Ruth was just 16 when she married her soul mate, Ben Wentworth. They shared 46 years of marriage, three children, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She led a loved life.

She was preceded in death by her sweet Ben, daughter Pam Dryer, great-grandson Conrad Tousey, parents, siblings and their spouses.

Ruth is survived by her daughter, Sharon Tousey; and son, Keith Wentworth, and wife Joanie; her six grandchildren, Jay Tousey, Lea Tousey, Shelly Williams and husband Wes, Mark Dryer and wife Sonja, Tomas Kline and wife Toni, and Miriam Bland and husband George Bland III; eight great-grandchildren, Seth and Grace Murray, Logan and Olivia Williams, Marily Dangelo and husband Andrew, Ashley Foster, Bradley Kline and Jacyln; and two great-grandchildren, Faith Williams and Hayes Dangelo.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 1, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Whitefish. Burial will follow at Glacier Memorial Gardens. A reception will be held afterward at 364 Antelope Trail, Whitefish.