Service:
Saturday, August 10, 2024
11:00 a.m.
Greenwood Cemetery
Willard, Ohio
Ruth Ann Leonard, age 89 of Willard, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 2, 2024, at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. She was born November 3, 1934, in Crawford County, Ohio to the late Lorey Clark and Helen Louise (Welty) Butte. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Willard. She was formerly employed at Buckingham, Holzapfel & Buckingham Attorney Office, North Central Television, Inc., Buckeye Cable Television and Pamida. She was also a member of Pheasant's Forever and Ducks Unlimited and was a master gardener. Ruth and her husband Richard enjoyed going out west Pheasant hunting and also had a passion for steam engines and even had a full size steam locomotive at their house named Big Russell.
She is survived by her faithful friend, her dog Baber and two nieces, Colette Zeigler-Staley (Chris) and Vicki Butte (Sheri Matz); great niece, Ashley (Adam) Knox and children Adley and Morgan and great nephew, Brian (Abigail) Butte and daughter Ainsley Butte; close friends, Marlene (Richard) Wiles, Angela (Randy) Van Riper and Kim (David) Cox.
She is preceded in death by her husband Richard Leonard and parents Lorey and Helen Butte; brother, Don Butte, sister, Janet (Jim) Zeigler, nephew, Michael Butte and sister-in-law, Evelyn Stuckman.
The Secor Funeral Home in Willard, Ohio is assisting the family with arrangements and there will be a graveside service at 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 10, 2024, at the Greenwood Cemetery in Willard, Ohio with Pastor Janet Wittenmyer officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tiffin Glass Museum, P.O. Box 554, Tiffin, OH 44883 or Trinity Lutheran Church, 308 South Myrtle Ave., Willard, OH 44890 or to the donor's choice. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.secorfuneralhomes.com.