Ruth Ellen McVoy

January 15, 1927 - August 25, 2019

Ruth Ellen McVoy, age 92, of Huntington, died at 7:10 p.m. Sunday, August 25, 2019 at Hillsdale Hospital in Hillsdale, Michigan surrounded by her family. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will immediately follow at 12 p.m. Thursday at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Pastor Timothy Lorenz officiating. Burial will be in Star of Hope Cemetery in Huntington County. Preferred memorials are to St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church or Hospice of Hillsdale County, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Ruth was born on January 15, 1927 in Huntington, the daughter of Fred F. and Dora Ella (Smuts) Hasty. She married John McVoy on July 12, 1946 in Huntington and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and loved taking care of her family. She also worked for eight years as a machine operator at United Technologies in Andrews, retiring in 1992. Ruth was a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Huntington, where she participated in Circle #5 and the General Guild. Survivors include a son, Troy W. (Michelle) McVoy of Pittsford, Michigan, daughters Jane Ann (Paul) Grube of Corunna, Indiana and Tammy Drummond of Great Falls, Montana, a brother, Dewey W. Hasty of Fort Wayne, 20 grandchildren, and several great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons Rex A. McVoy, John E. McVoy, and Jerry L. McVoy, sisters Thelma Shivley and Pauline Biddle, brothers, Paul Hasty, Galen F. Hasty, Lloyd Hasty, and Roy E. Hasty, grandsons Danny Grube and Cory McVoy, and a granddaughter, Julie McVoy.