101 reasons to celebrate

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March 8, 2019 - 5:33 PM

Ruth Wood is celebrating her 101st birthday today.

Ruth Wood turns 101 today. 

A small woman with snow-white curls and fierce, intelligent blue-green eyes, Ruth lives at Greystone Assisted Living with her spirited rescue cat, Izzy.

Ruth was born into a farm family in rural Elsmore, where she attended school, walking mile after dusty mile to make it to classes on time each day. “I believe she’s the last member of her class still living,” risked her son, Gary, a genial man of 77, who sat visiting with his mother last Thursday. 

Ruth, along with her husband Paul, raised four children on a small farm outside Moran. She worked for many years as a cook at a local nursing home, but her most exacting labor was back home — tending livestock, managing the garden, canning food. “And then of course she had to look after three ornery kids and me,” said Gary.

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