Obituary
Obituary of Ruth Ann Chambers
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
RUTH ANN CHAMBERS
Ruth Ann Chambers, daughter of John Henry and Dora Bessie (Swearingen) Ebner, was born November 14, 1961, in Norton, Kansas, and passed away at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, on February 28, 2014, at the age of 52.
Ruth grew up on the family farm southwest of Speed, Kansas. She attended the schools in Logan and later transferred to the Norton school district. She married Glenn Bollig in 1979, and to this union three sons were born, Charles Jacob, Shane Matthew, and Ryan John. She later divorced Glenn. On December 29, 1989, Ruth and Bradley Scott Chambers were united in marriage in Oberlin, Kansas. Their son, Evan, was born April 17, 1998.
Ruth worked as a CNA and was a devoted homemaker. She was very active with Evan helping him with Boy Scouts, soccer, and school activities. She loved her children and grandchildren and made many trips to go see them especially spending time with the grandchildren when they were in the hospital. Ruth loved her family and friends and enjoyed spending time going to coffee or out to eat with them. She was a very generous person always doing things for others and putting others before herself despite her many health issues.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Linda Gaines, her brother, Delbert Ebner, and her nephew, Eric Kelley.
Survivors include: her husband, Brad, and their son, Evan, of their home in Norton; her sons, C.J. and wife, Mari Bollig, Larned, Kansas; Shane and wife, Jessica Bollig, Palco, Kansas; Ryan and wife, Jessica, Eddyville, Nebraska; 12 grandchildren; four brothers, John and wife, Kathi Ebner, Logan, Kansas; Ed and wife, Eva Ebner, Sabetha, Kansas; Arthur and wife, Kathy Ebner, Logan; and Alvin Ebner, Speed, Kansas; three sisters, Rosemary and Darrell Shanks, Idalia, Colorado; Alice and Darrell Rohr, Victoria, Kansas; and Betsy and Oliver Horn, Boise, Idaho. She is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A memorial has been established to the Ruth Chambers Memorial Fund.
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Thursday
6
March
Funeral Service
10:30 am
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Enfield Funeral Home, Norton, KS
215 W. Main
Norton, Kansas, United States
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