Ruth M. Sitterley, 87, of San Diego, CA, formerly of Butler, PA passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Villa Rancho Bernardo Care Center in California.
She was born May 9, 1930 in Roanoke, Virginia to the late Charles Gray and Elizabeth Hagee Gray.
Mrs. Sitterley was a homemaker and was co-owner/operator with her husband of a retail business selling honey products. She was a member of the New Testament Baptist Church in Butler.
Mrs. Sitterley is survived by one son, Harold (Carol) Sitterley, Jr. of Hartsville, SC; two daughters, Judy (Steve) Bates of San Diego, CA and Debbie (Don) Langager of Vista, CA; six grandchildren, Tammy Bowser, William Bowser, Kevin James Croman, Tracy Croman Knepple, Ryan Bates and Derek Bates; and six great-grandchildren, Shawn Bowser, Sydney Bowser, Jacob Knepple, Nathan Knepple, Dylan Knepple and Logan Bowser.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Harold Sitterley, Sr., whom she married January 6, 1948, and who passed away October 10, 2003; a grandson, Richard Dale Bowser; five brothers; and four sisters.
Friends will be received Friday, January 19, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Thompson – Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, PA. Funeral services will be held immediately following at 1:00 p.m. with Pastor David Bobbitt of New Testament Baptist Church, officiating.
Private burial will take place in the Butler County Memorial Park.
Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater PA, Pittsburgh Office, 1100 Liberty Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.