Ruth Moss Mitchell

Ruth Moss Mitchell, 102, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Kindred Transitional Care in Newburgh. She was born October 15, 1910, in Evansville, to the late Walter H. and Stella (Sutton) Moss.

She was a graduate of Central High School and the University of Evansville. After graduation, she taught in the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation for 32 years, retiring in 1975 from Helfrich Park School. Ruth’s love of children, her creativity and her intellect made her an outstanding teacher. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Alpha Omicron Pi, P.E.O., Daughters of Knights of Columbus, Daughters of the Nile, Eastern Star and the Evansville Duplicate Bridge Club.

Ruth spent the last eight years of her life at Angel River, now Kindred Transitional Care. During those years she organized and taught UNO to the residents, visited the patients who had no visitors and maintained an exemplary positive attitude. The loving care and attention Ruth received at Kindred was greatly appreciated, with special thanks to Michelle Jenkins and Rose Messamore.

She is survived by her cousins, Margie Moss of Bruce, MS, Lou Webb of Wetumpka, AL and Debbie Musgrove of Birmingham, AL; godchild, Sylvia Goodyear; and special friends, Ruth Ann Jung, Ruth Lynch, Judy Stewart and Phyllis and Bob Kincaid.

Services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Alexander East Chapel, officiated by Rev. Allen W. Amstutz, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may visit Wednesday from 1:00 PM until service time at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 216 Southeast Third Street, Evansville, IN 47713 or to Vista Care Hospice, 323 Metro Avenue, Evansville 47715. Condolences may be made online at www.AlexanderEastChapel.com.