Ruth Ellen Nordman

WABASH – Ruth Ellen Nordman, 96, of North Manchester, formerly of Wabash and Silver Lake, died at 12:27 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at Peabody Healthcare Center in North Manchester.
She was born on Sept. 10, 1929, in Kokomo, to Samuel "Strode" and Mary Elnora Edwards Saylors.
Ruth was a graduate of Onward High School. She married Adolph Junior Nordman, in Roann, on Sept. 17, 1950; he died July 3, 2004. Ruth worked at Ford Meter Box in Wabash for 29 years, and also published a book with John Peterink, "Time Travels with Ruth." She enjoyed crocheting baby blankets, reading, bird watching at the lake and watching home remodeling shows and westerns, especially “Bonanza.”
She is survived by three children, Patricia Hidy, of Wabash; Joan Lambert, of Peru, Ind.; and R. Duane (Jo) Nordman, of Ossian; six grandchildren: Katena (Brian) Vice, of Fulton; Joseph G. Hidy, of Wabash; Amy (Don) Marlow, of Sulfur Springs; Mary (Dustin) Maisel, of Rochester; Braden (Adrienne) Nordman, of Tennessee; and Joshua (Mandy) Nordman, of Ossian; 13 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; brother, Robert Saylors, of Lugoff, S.C.; and nephew, Bobby (Patty Stone) Saylors, of Lugoff. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and sister-in-law, Marie Saylors.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 8 at Zion Lutheran Church, 173 Hale Drive, Wabash, with Pastor Nathan Scheiber officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the church. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Zion Lutheran Church.
The memorial guest book for Ruth may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.