Her children arise up and call her blessed. Proverbs. XXXI. 28 On May 21, 2010, Ruth Eileen Ellsworth, age 86, passed away peacefully at home with her family in attendance. Ruth was born August 15, 1923, in New Galilee, Pennsylvania to Rollie and Flora Hacker Moore. Ruth spent her childhood, from age 3, in East Palestine, Ohio. As a child, she loved to roller skate, go on long bike rides in the country with friends, and visiting the family farms. She graduated form East Palestine High School, where she was track queen and football queen twice. She married her childhood sweetheart, Warren "Bud" McIntosh, in 1943, who was later KIA July 7, 1944 following the Normandy, France landings. Ruth then moved to Mt. View, CA, living with her sister. She attended San Jose State University and worked in the supply and accounting department at Moffett Field for the military. It was here she met, and married in 1945, her husband, Warren D. "Rocky" Ellsworth from Sheridan, WY. As a military wife, Ruth was often the acting head of the household, caring for her four children, while her husband was deployed during World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. She moved many times with her husband to places such as Philadelphia, PA, Memphis, TN, Long Beach, CA, San Diego, CA, Honolulu, HI (where she learned to hula dance), El Centro, CA, Durango, CO, and Sheridan, WY, finally ending up in Oak Harbor, WA, in August 1963. After her husband's retirement from the military in 1971 they made the final move to Mount Vernon, WA, in 1972 where she has resided since. During the Korean War, while living in Sheridan, Ruth worked with the VFW Auxiliary to meet troop trains and serve the troops cookies and coffee. The VFW members also danced with the returning veterans at the VFW hospital. After retiring from the military, Rocky was manager of the Elks Lodge in Mount Vernon for seven years, after which they purchased a restaurant in Burlington - Rock E's Restaurant. After selling Rock E's in 1983, they purchased a restaurant in Bellingham called The Village Inn which they owned for five years. Ruth was involved in many social organizations, including President of the Chief's Wives Club, followed by the Elks Lodge Emblem Club where she was an officer, and enjoyed card party luncheons and golfing with her friends. Her main affiliation, from 1962 in Durango, CO, to present was with the Eastern Star. She was a member of Holly Chapter #199 in Burlington, then a member of the Mount Baker Chapter in Mount Vernon after the two merged. She acted twice as Worthy Matron, and Deputy Instructor, and fulfilled other officer roles for many years. She was also a member of Amaranth and Daughters of the Nile, all affiliated with the Masons. Her passions included gardening, entertaining the Eastern Star ladies at home for the annual Christmas party, reading and learning, writing poetry, traveling to foreign places, and outdoor activities including camping at their property in the North Cascades and picnicking at Deception Pass. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, W.D. "Rocky" Ellsworth; her parents, Flora and Rollie Moore; and her siblings, Evelyn Dickens of Ohio, Roy Moore of Ohio and Pauline Walker of Wisconsin. She is survived by her son, Gary Ellsworth and his wife Janna of Keller, Texas; daughter, B. Gail Dahl of Mount Vernon, WA; daughter, Eileen Sue Stolpe and her husband Steve of Mount Vernon, WA; and son, Steven Ellsworth and his wife Becky of Arlington, Texas. She has numerous grandchildren; grandson, Bret Ellsworth and wife Melanie and their children Ryann and Landry, granddaughter, Tammy Ellsworth Goodnight and her husband, Damon and their children Morgan and Kennedy, grandson, Ryan Dahl and his daughter Sharlene, her husband Eric Runyon and their daughter, Natalie (great-great-grandchild) of Sedro-Woolley, grandson, Greg Dahl of Mount Vernon and his daughters Amanda of Anacortes and Cassandra of Sedro-Woolley, grandson Collin Stolpe of Mount Vernon, granddaughters, Laney, Katie, and Ariel and great-granddaughter Kaylee of Alvarado, Texas. She also has several nieces and nephews in Ohio and Wyoming. Services will be held on Thursday, May 27, at 3:00 p.m. at the Hawthorne Funeral Home, 1825 College Way, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. Any donations considered may be sent to Skagit Hospice or the Shriners Children's Hospital.