- Date Of Death: January 1, 2017
- State: Pennsylvania
Ruth L. Gano, 97, of Quakertown, passed away Sun. Mar. 12th at Phoebe Richland Health Care Center. Born in Bucks County, she was the daughter of the late David S. Longacre and Lottie M. Mohr. She was the second of six children. She married Clyde S. Gano Jr. on March 25, 1944. Ruth graduated from business college. She worked at Houser Chevrolet, Bethlehem, before WWII and at Lehigh Structural Steel, Bethlehem, during the war. She also served as a nurse’s aide at Fort Bliss, TX from April 1944 through to the end of the war. For many years, she was an active member of Bethany Mennonite Church in Quakertown and later United Mennonite Church, Quakertown.
