Ruby Martena “Marty” Yantz, 82, of Yantz Way, McVeytown, went to be with the Lord at 5:58 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
Born June 22, 1936, in Bristol, Okla., she was a daughter of the late Stuart and Ruby (Flood) Keys. Her husband of 62 years, Donnie G. Yantz, whom she married May 6, 1956, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Susan J. Davis and husband, Howard, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; three siblings, Edwin Keys, of Petaluma, Calif., Carol Weston, of Pocatello, Idaho, and Kenneth Keys of Austin, Texas.
Preceding her in death was a daughter, Karen J. Yantz, on Nov. 11, 2017; a brother, Donald Keys; and a sister, Billie Keys.
She was employed in the procurement department of the University of Maryland and as a department head for the Retail Clerks International Union in Washington D.C.
Marty was a member of the Pine Glen Church of the Brethren and a member of the Cherokee Nation.
A talented artist, she enjoyed leatherwork, ceramics and clothing decoration.
Private services were held, with Pastor Randy Fiske officiating.
Harshbarger Funeral Home, McVeytown, is in charge of arrangements.
http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/obituaries/2018/12/ruby-martena-marty-yantz/
Born June 22, 1936, in Bristol, Okla., she was a daughter of the late Stuart and Ruby (Flood) Keys. Her husband of 62 years, Donnie G. Yantz, whom she married May 6, 1956, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Susan J. Davis and husband, Howard, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; three siblings, Edwin Keys, of Petaluma, Calif., Carol Weston, of Pocatello, Idaho, and Kenneth Keys of Austin, Texas.
Preceding her in death was a daughter, Karen J. Yantz, on Nov. 11, 2017; a brother, Donald Keys; and a sister, Billie Keys.
She was employed in the procurement department of the University of Maryland and as a department head for the Retail Clerks International Union in Washington D.C.
Marty was a member of the Pine Glen Church of the Brethren and a member of the Cherokee Nation.
A talented artist, she enjoyed leatherwork, ceramics and clothing decoration.
Private services were held, with Pastor Randy Fiske officiating.
Harshbarger Funeral Home, McVeytown, is in charge of arrangements.
http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/obituaries/2018/12/ruby-martena-marty-yantz/
Ruby Martena “Marty” Yantz, 82, of Yantz Way, McVeytown, went to be with the Lord at 5:58 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
Born June 22, 1936, in Bristol, Okla., she was a daughter of the late Stuart and Ruby (Flood) Keys. Her husband of 62 years, Donnie G. Yantz, whom she married May 6, 1956, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Susan J. Davis and husband, Howard, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; three siblings, Edwin Keys, of Petaluma, Calif., Carol Weston, of Pocatello, Idaho, and Kenneth Keys of Austin, Texas.
Preceding her in death was a daughter, Karen J. Yantz, on Nov. 11, 2017; a brother, Donald Keys; and a sister, Billie Keys.
She was employed in the procurement department of the University of Maryland and as a department head for the Retail Clerks International Union in Washington D.C.
Marty was a member of the Pine Glen Church of the Brethren and a member of the Cherokee Nation.
A talented artist, she enjoyed leatherwork, ceramics and clothing decoration.
Private services were held, with Pastor Randy Fiske officiating.
Harshbarger Funeral Home, McVeytown, is in charge of arrangements.
http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/obituaries/2018/12/ruby-martena-marty-yantz/
Born June 22, 1936, in Bristol, Okla., she was a daughter of the late Stuart and Ruby (Flood) Keys. Her husband of 62 years, Donnie G. Yantz, whom she married May 6, 1956, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Susan J. Davis and husband, Howard, of Port Charlotte, Fla.; three siblings, Edwin Keys, of Petaluma, Calif., Carol Weston, of Pocatello, Idaho, and Kenneth Keys of Austin, Texas.
Preceding her in death was a daughter, Karen J. Yantz, on Nov. 11, 2017; a brother, Donald Keys; and a sister, Billie Keys.
She was employed in the procurement department of the University of Maryland and as a department head for the Retail Clerks International Union in Washington D.C.
Marty was a member of the Pine Glen Church of the Brethren and a member of the Cherokee Nation.
A talented artist, she enjoyed leatherwork, ceramics and clothing decoration.
Private services were held, with Pastor Randy Fiske officiating.
Harshbarger Funeral Home, McVeytown, is in charge of arrangements.
http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/obituaries/2018/12/ruby-martena-marty-yantz/
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