Ruth Elsie Noreide died on December 5, 2011. Ruth was born in Ferndale, Wash., on March 24 1926 and raised in Sequim, Wash. on a small farm. She recalled her childhood as lots of chores, riding the cow around the barnyard as they had no horse, and the sound of her mother’s lovely piano playing. Ruth received her degree in nursing in 1947. She possessed the gifts for nursing, and her upbeat, outgoing charms were not lost on her family, friends or patients.
Always ready to lend a hand, she led daughter Kristi’s Girl Scout troop and carted Alan’s little league team to games, when others were too...
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