Ruth Eileen Carlisle

Sports fan active at Third U.P. Church
Ruth Eileen Carlisle, 84, of Washington, died Friday, January 17, 2014, in Donnell House, Washington.
She was born March 10, 1929, in Wolfdale, a daughter of Clarence Ellis and Mary Ellen Lodge Ellis.
A 1947 graduate of Trinity High School, she was a homemaker who worked as a private-duty caregiver for more than 20 years and once worked at Mellon Bank.
Mrs. Carlisle was a member of Third United Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years, where she was an elder, deacon, secretary and Sunday school teacher.
She was president of Ladies Aid Society and served on Hopewell Township Election Board for 30 years. She was also a member of Buffalo Homemakers, secretary for the Young at Heart program and volunteered at the Presbyterian SeniorCare snack bar. She was known to many as “Grandma Ruthie.”
Mrs. Carlisle was a 50-year member and a past matron of Order of the Eastern Star, Martha V. Paul Chapter.
She enjoyed watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who called her “Hunny.”
She loved watching any sport whether it was on television or sitting in the bleachers of her grandchildren’s games.
She also loved sending birthday cards and loved doing word search puzzles.
On May 23, 1952, she married Andrew B. Carlisle, who died May 23, 1996.
Surviving are two sons, David A. (Barbara) Carlisle of West Middletown and John R. Carlisle of Washington; two daughters, Kathy (Raymond) Margaria of Avella, Karen (Jeff) Pugh of Chester, W.Va.; a brother, Robert Ellis of Rochester, N.Y.; three sisters, Marie Young of Pasadena, Calif., Agnes Smith of Washington, and Frances Reese of Washington; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two brothers, Ralph and Tom Ellis; and two sisters, Anna Mary Grim and Betty Jean Ellis.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, in New Hope Church, formerly Third United Presbyterian Church, 22 Cortez Drive, Canton Township, where services will be held at 11 a.m. with the Rev. L. Stephen Smith Jr. and Pastor Thomas Bellhy officiating. Burial will follow at Upper Buffalo Cemetery.
Additional information and a guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.