Ruth Ann Theobald

March 7, 2020 at 2:19 a.m.

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Ruth Ann Theobald, 90, died Thursday, March 5, 2020, in her home at the Robin Hood Estates of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake.

She was born Sept. 23, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Richard and Areta Adams. She married George E. Cone on June 21, 1951, who died in 1973. She married Sterling Theobald on Jan. 7, 1995, at the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. He survives in Winona Lake.

Friends and family are invited to visit 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw. There will also be time for visitation prior to the service at the church on Wednesday, March 11 from 9 to 10 a.m.

Ruth Ann’s life will be celebrated with a service at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11 at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, 1200 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, and officiated by Pastor Bruce Barlow and her son, Pastor Kip Cone. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.

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Memorials to Encompass World Partners, P.O. Box 620067, Atlanta, GA 30362; or Grace College, 200 Seminary Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590.

Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.

Ruth Ann Theobald, 90, died Thursday, March 5, 2020, in her home at the Robin Hood Estates of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake.

She was born Sept. 23, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Richard and Areta Adams. She married George E. Cone on June 21, 1951, who died in 1973. She married Sterling Theobald on Jan. 7, 1995, at the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. He survives in Winona Lake.

Friends and family are invited to visit 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw. There will also be time for visitation prior to the service at the church on Wednesday, March 11 from 9 to 10 a.m.

Ruth Ann’s life will be celebrated with a service at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11 at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, 1200 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, and officiated by Pastor Bruce Barlow and her son, Pastor Kip Cone. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.

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Memorials to Encompass World Partners, P.O. Box 620067, Atlanta, GA 30362; or Grace College, 200 Seminary Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590.

Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
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