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Portrait of Ruth Ella Owens
In loving memory

Ruth Ella Owens

April 8, 1937 – February 27, 2024
Lived 86 years
Somerset, Kentucky
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Life story

Ruth was born April 8, 1937, in Somerset, Kentucky to the late Grover and Mattie (Hurst) Burton. William Alfred (WA) Owens who she married September15, 1956, in Cincinnati Ohio. They were blessed with a son. Mark William Owens and wife Nancy of Somerset. She was a devoted and loving grandmother to Ian Owens and wife Patricia and Tyler Owens. She took immense pride in her 4 great grandchildren, Alexzander, Elijah ,Ella Mae, and Elsa Gail Owens. Ruth was a woman of the Lord, you would always find her at church on Sunday and Wednesday. All the other days of her life she spent working Weight Watchers, Owens Garden Center, playing in the garden, and above all raising her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

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1937
Born April 8
1939
Ruth was 2 when World War II began in Europe
1945
Ruth was 8 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1951
Ruth was 14 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Ruth was 32 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1977
Ruth was 40 when Elvis Presley died
1989
Ruth was 52 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1998
Ruth was 61 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Ruth was 64 when Apple introduced the iPod
2010
Ruth was 73 when Instagram was launched
2022
Ruth was 85 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2024
Passed away February 27, age 86
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