Ruth Una Paige of Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, passed away at 8:10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at the age of 96.
She was born on Jan. 29, 1923, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to William Ernst Krause and Ruth Una Arnst Krause. Ruth lived in the greater New York area until her late 30s.
She was married on Valentine’s Day 1943 in Durham, N.C., to the Rev. James “Jim” Constantine Paige, when he was serving in the Army during World War II. They shared 56 years of marriage together before he passed away on Sept. 19, 1999.
After the war, Ruth worked in her husband’s insurance agency, Paige & Campbell, then at another office as an insurance underwriter. Once Jim graduated from Grace Seminary in Winona Lake, they went on to start many churches, including several locally. Ruth served as a pastor’s wife in nearly 20 locations throughout the Midwest and eastern United States.
Ruth was a member of Pleasant View Bible Church in Warsaw, was Our Lady of Kosciusko in 2007 and had served in many volunteer capacities in the community. She always took great joy and pride in her family relationships and made it a point to teach each one to live well for the Lord, and to finish well in the same fashion.
She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters, Darlene Ruth (retired Col. R. Gary) Tregaskis, Johnson City, Tenn., and Lynn (Terry) Howie, Winona Lake; son: retired Col. Kurt R. (Carol) Paige, Colorado Springs, Colo.; five grandchildren; three-stepgrandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; five great-stepgrandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Allan R. Krause; granddaughter, Amy Nicole Paige; and her stepgranddaughter, Patti Howie Tucker.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m., with her memorial service to be conducted at 3 p.m., at the Grace Village Chapel, 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake. The Rev. Mike Hontz will officiate.
Private burial will take place on Friday, Feb. 15, at Oakwood Cemetery in Warsaw.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Grace Village Retirement Community – “Caring Friends,” 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590; or to Pleasant View Bible Church, 2782 W. 200 N., Warsaw, IN 46580.
