Ruth Vaun Scribner, age 70, of Huntington, passed peacefully into Heaven at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday (October 4, 2006) at Parkview Huntington Hospital with her beloved family at her bedside, following a courageous struggle with leukemia.

     Ruth was a devoted and respected pastor’s wife.  With her husband, they ministered to churches in Maine, Michigan and Indiana. She was past Secretary of the Women of the Northeast Association of the United Church of Christ.

     A 1954 graduate of Paris (Maine) High School, she worked several years in the dental office of Dr. Robert Easton.  As a youth, she was very active in the South Paris 4-H Club, and won numerous awards.  While a member of the South Paris Baptist Church, she taught Sunday School and played piano at the Sunday evening worship services.

     Mrs. Scribner was born on May 4, 1936, in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of Ralph and Ada (Churchill) Knightly.  On June 12, 1966, in South Paris, Maine, she and Rev. Ray Scribner were married.  They just recently celebrated their 40^th anniversary.

     Survivors include her husband; two sons – David (Tami) Scribner of Roanoke, IN and Peter (Cindy) Scribner of Huntington; one daughter – Esther (Jason) Crago of Huntington; one brother – Harold (Margaret) Knightly of Oxford, Maine; seven grandchildren; one great-grandson and several cousins, nephews and nieces.

     Visitation will be 2-8 p.m. on Friday (October 6, 2006) at the Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, IN  46750.  Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Saturday (October 7, 2006) at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Rev. Norman Conklin officiating.  Burial will be held later in the Hillside Cemetery, East Stoneham, Maine.

     Memorial contributions should be sent to Cancer Services for Huntington County in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, IN  46750.