Ruth E. Spangenberg

Ruth Spangenberg, age 92 of Carmichaels, Pa. died Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in the Waynesburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Waynesburg, Pa. following a lengthy illness.  She was born November 1, 1925 in Mapletown, Pa. a daughter of the late Walter Jiles and Leola (Herrington) Spangenberg.  Miss Spangenberg was a 1944 graduate of Mapletown High School.  After high school she worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C. for eight years. Miss Spangenberg later attended Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC, having graduated in 1958.  She worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance in Waynesburg until her retirement in 1985 after 25 years of service.  Miss Spangenberg was a member of the Sugar Grove Baptist Church and enjoyed traveling.

Surviving are two nieces, Kimberly Michniak and Julie R. Gjormand; two nephews, Dr. Harold Jiles Haney and Charles Walter Spangenberg; four great nieces and nephews and a sister-in-law, Rose Spangenberg.  Deceased in addition to her parents are two brothers, Walter “Dub” Spangenberg and Charles D. Spangenberg; a sister Lynette Haney and a sister-in-law, Lois Spangenberg.

Arrangements are private.