Born June 3rd, 1939, in Oregon, Ruth was adopted at a very young age by Glen and Naomi Wilber, who raised her on their 5-acre raspberry farm in Woodinville, Washington with their two daughters Audrey and Jo (Glenna Joan).
Ruth performed in her high school’s marching band. Soon after she met her husband Ron Newell, and they were married on April 4th, 1959, moved to Seattle, and later had two sons, Curt and Craig. A few years later, they moved to the Juanita and Kirkland area. Ruth ran a home daycare while Ron worked at Boeing. For years Ruth sang in the choir of the First Presbyterian Church of Seattle and even sang in the choir when Billy Graham performed in Seattle. After the school years, Ruth and Ron moved north to Mill Creek and then finally settling down and calling Skagit County home for the next 25 plus years (first in La Conner and then Mount Vernon).
Ruth helped organize family vacations involved many trips to Camano Island (where Gen and Naomi build a cabin overlooking the strait toward Whidbey Island), Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, the Sea Lion Caves, Fort Canby, Ocean Shores, Wenatchee (where Ron’s mother lived), the Cascade Mountains, and more.
Ruth volunteered for many years at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum where she improved her quilting skills and helped showcase quilts and similar works for local and international visitors. Ruth was an avid quilter and enjoyed making quilts and sewing for her family, reading, puzzles, her cats, the tulip fields, and keeping Ron on his toes.
Ruth is survived by her two sons and their spouses Curt (Jean) and Craig (Lisa), four grandchildren and their spouses Chris (Christine), Kyle (Kara), Tyler, and Cassidy, and four great grandchildren Marin, Lennox, Everly, and Wilder.
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