Ruthella was born on February 18th 1927 in Emporia Kansas. She died Monday, February 10th 2020 in her sleep at Providence Inpatient Hospice. Ruthella married the love of her life on July 4th, 1947 at an outdoor garden wedding in a dress made from Japanese silk Charles brought back from his tour in Japan. She was preceded in death by her devoted provider and husband of 50 years, Charles Clinton Easterling. She is survived by her two loving and faithful daughters, Melody Gail Easterling – Miethe and son-in-law Harry Miethe of Spokane. Kimberly Dawn DeLap and son-in-law Shawn DeLap and her, two very special grandchildren Gordon Charles DeLap and Grace Gretchen DeLap of Marysville.
Everyone Ruthella came in contact with was greeted with a never ending smile full of warmth and kindness. She often was able to share her faith in God in a way that only she could. She had the ability to keep looking up to Jesus and always gave it to God even during the most difficult of times. She will be remembered for her sweetness and love of all children which was made evident by the fact she earned her Master’s degree in early childhood development. She taught school in a one room classroom back in the day. She and Charles ran an inhome daycare where they lived in Snohomish, WA and one of those families remained close to this day.
Ruthella created her well lived life by using three values; faith, thoughtful decisions,
and the use of quotes. The final lesson Ruthella leaves us, would be to pay attention to the things we say and do. If we started living in this way, the good of our country could literally be changed.
A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, February 29th at 1:00 pm at Generations community church located at 8204 64th St. NE Marysville, WA followed by a reception at 2:30 pm at Sunrise View Retirement Villa, 2520 Madison St. Everett, WA on Saturday, February 29th
All are welcome
Memorials may be given to Sunrise View where she lived and Kimberly had worked
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