wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com ... BEGIN ID: I028176 Name: Ruth E. Sipes Sex: F Birth: 4 DEC 1918 in Andover, Pa Death: 4 NOV 2005 in Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown. Burial: Union Cemetery, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania Note: Ruth E. Skiles Claar, 86, McConnellsburg, died Friday, November 4, 2005, at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown. Born December 4, 1918, in Andover, Pa., she was the daughter of the late David N. Sipes and Ella Hoop Skiles. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Frank M. Skiles. She retired from Stanley Co., Chambersburg, in 1979. She was a member of Rockhill Mennonite Church in McConnellsburg. Surviving are her husband, Francis G. Claar, whom she married May 5, 1994; a daughter, Alice M. Kahn, Needmore; four sons: Robert J., Frank D., Dwight M. and Fred B. Skiles, all of McConnellsburg; 27 grandchildren; great-grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren; step-grandchildren; a niece and two nephews Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 8, at 1:00 p.m. at Evangel Assembly of God, McConnellsburg. Pastors Sam Sollenberger and Bill McCommons officiated. Burial was made in Union Cemetery. Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home, McConnellsburg, was in charge of arrangements. Father: David Inskip Sipes b: 27 SEP 1887 in Licking Creek Twp, Fulton Co., PA Mother: Ella Martha Hoop b: 20 MAY 1893 in Licking Creek Twp, Fulton Co., PA Marriage 1 Frank Mayer Skiles b: 11 DEC 1915 in Todd Twp, Fulton Co, PA Children Living Skiles Living Skiles Frank Skiles b: 10 APR 1938 in McConnellsburg, Fulton Co, PA Living Skiles Living Skiles Marriage 2 Living Claar END