Obituary (The Gazette, MoCo, MD July 20, 2004):
Ruth Elizabeth Offutt, 91, of Frederick, died Wednesday, July 7 at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Ralph W. Offutt Sr.
Born April 7, 1913, in Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late George and
Estelle Porter Filsinger.
Offutt was the owner and operator of Ruth's Beauty Salon in Gaithersburg for
40 years. She was a charter member of Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters of
Gaithersburg, a charter member of the Gaithersburg Soroptomist Club, the State
of Maryland Cosmetology Association and a member of Montgomery United Methodist
Church in Damascus.
Surviving her are two children: Ralph W. Offutt Jr. and his wife, Suzanne G.
Offutt, of Derwood; Ruth Ann German and her husband, Ray German, of Frederick;
one daughter-in-law, Peggy Harper Offutt of Stephens City, Va.; seven
grandchildren, Drew Offutt of Rockville, Lisa Sessa of Gaithersburg, Pam Loomis
of Germantown, Barry Offutt of Romney, W.Va., Claudia Kay Cole of Novi, Mich.,
Renee German of Frederick and Troy German of New Market; eight great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, George Filsinger of
Lakeland, Fla.; and one sister, Barbara Tomsic of Frostburg.
She was preceded in death by a son, George W. Offutt, grandson Jeffrey W.
Offutt, and three sisters: Emma Bennett, Margaret Holsinger and Francis Lewis.
Services were held at Montgomery United Methodist Church in Damascus on
Saturday. Burial followed in Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial
contributions to Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters or to Montgomery United
Methodist Church.
Olin L. Molesworth P.A., Funeral Home in Damascus, handled arrangements.
Ruth Elizabeth Offutt, 91, of Frederick, died Wednesday, July 7 at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Ralph W. Offutt Sr.
Born April 7, 1913, in Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late George and
Estelle Porter Filsinger.
Offutt was the owner and operator of Ruth's Beauty Salon in Gaithersburg for
40 years. She was a charter member of Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters of
Gaithersburg, a charter member of the Gaithersburg Soroptomist Club, the State
of Maryland Cosmetology Association and a member of Montgomery United Methodist
Church in Damascus.
Surviving her are two children: Ralph W. Offutt Jr. and his wife, Suzanne G.
Offutt, of Derwood; Ruth Ann German and her husband, Ray German, of Frederick;
one daughter-in-law, Peggy Harper Offutt of Stephens City, Va.; seven
grandchildren, Drew Offutt of Rockville, Lisa Sessa of Gaithersburg, Pam Loomis
of Germantown, Barry Offutt of Romney, W.Va., Claudia Kay Cole of Novi, Mich.,
Renee German of Frederick and Troy German of New Market; eight great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, George Filsinger of
Lakeland, Fla.; and one sister, Barbara Tomsic of Frostburg.
She was preceded in death by a son, George W. Offutt, grandson Jeffrey W.
Offutt, and three sisters: Emma Bennett, Margaret Holsinger and Francis Lewis.
Services were held at Montgomery United Methodist Church in Damascus on
Saturday. Burial followed in Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial
contributions to Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters or to Montgomery United
Methodist Church.
Olin L. Molesworth P.A., Funeral Home in Damascus, handled arrangements.
Obituary (The Gazette, MoCo, MD July 20, 2004):
Ruth Elizabeth Offutt, 91, of Frederick, died Wednesday, July 7 at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Ralph W. Offutt Sr.
Born April 7, 1913, in Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late George and
Estelle Porter Filsinger.
Offutt was the owner and operator of Ruth's Beauty Salon in Gaithersburg for
40 years. She was a charter member of Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters of
Gaithersburg, a charter member of the Gaithersburg Soroptomist Club, the State
of Maryland Cosmetology Association and a member of Montgomery United Methodist
Church in Damascus.
Surviving her are two children: Ralph W. Offutt Jr. and his wife, Suzanne G.
Offutt, of Derwood; Ruth Ann German and her husband, Ray German, of Frederick;
one daughter-in-law, Peggy Harper Offutt of Stephens City, Va.; seven
grandchildren, Drew Offutt of Rockville, Lisa Sessa of Gaithersburg, Pam Loomis
of Germantown, Barry Offutt of Romney, W.Va., Claudia Kay Cole of Novi, Mich.,
Renee German of Frederick and Troy German of New Market; eight great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, George Filsinger of
Lakeland, Fla.; and one sister, Barbara Tomsic of Frostburg.
She was preceded in death by a son, George W. Offutt, grandson Jeffrey W.
Offutt, and three sisters: Emma Bennett, Margaret Holsinger and Francis Lewis.
Services were held at Montgomery United Methodist Church in Damascus on
Saturday. Burial followed in Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial
contributions to Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters or to Montgomery United
Methodist Church.
Olin L. Molesworth P.A., Funeral Home in Damascus, handled arrangements.
Ruth Elizabeth Offutt, 91, of Frederick, died Wednesday, July 7 at Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Walkersville. She was the wife of the late Ralph W. Offutt Sr.
Born April 7, 1913, in Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late George and
Estelle Porter Filsinger.
Offutt was the owner and operator of Ruth's Beauty Salon in Gaithersburg for
40 years. She was a charter member of Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters of
Gaithersburg, a charter member of the Gaithersburg Soroptomist Club, the State
of Maryland Cosmetology Association and a member of Montgomery United Methodist
Church in Damascus.
Surviving her are two children: Ralph W. Offutt Jr. and his wife, Suzanne G.
Offutt, of Derwood; Ruth Ann German and her husband, Ray German, of Frederick;
one daughter-in-law, Peggy Harper Offutt of Stephens City, Va.; seven
grandchildren, Drew Offutt of Rockville, Lisa Sessa of Gaithersburg, Pam Loomis
of Germantown, Barry Offutt of Romney, W.Va., Claudia Kay Cole of Novi, Mich.,
Renee German of Frederick and Troy German of New Market; eight great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, George Filsinger of
Lakeland, Fla.; and one sister, Barbara Tomsic of Frostburg.
She was preceded in death by a son, George W. Offutt, grandson Jeffrey W.
Offutt, and three sisters: Emma Bennett, Margaret Holsinger and Francis Lewis.
Services were held at Montgomery United Methodist Church in Damascus on
Saturday. Burial followed in Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial
contributions to Forest Oak Temple/Pythian Sisters or to Montgomery United
Methodist Church.
Olin L. Molesworth P.A., Funeral Home in Damascus, handled arrangements.
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