Ruth Louise Klein

Klein Ruth Louise Ruth (Ott) Klein, 84, went peacefully but unexpectedly to her heavenly home Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at MCO Hospital, surrounded by family. Ruth was born April 24, 1932, in Toledo, OH, to Andrew and Elnora Ott. She was a graduate of Libbey High School & then trained & became an X-ray Tech. Ruth married husband Don in 1959, and they had 52 years together before he passed in 2011. She worked many years at the Toledo Clinic as the Head X-Ray Technician before stepping down to raise her two children. She spent many hours as a room mother and volunteer in the lunch room to one or both of her children’s classes at Trinity, and loved attending all of their many activities. Her house was the one where kids often gathered, and many affectionately called her Mom. She returned to work in the late 1970s, & worked at MCO in the Radiology Department until her retirement in the mid-1990s, where she was known to all as ‘Ruby’. Ruth was a life-long member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was a Walther League counselor, active in the Altar Guild, played handbells, and sang in the choir. She loved to travel and enjoyed several cruises to the Caribbean and Alaska with family. She took great pride and joy attending her grandchildren’s many games, concerts, and activities, and enjoyed attending both of their graduations from OSU. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Don, and siblings John (Elma) Ott, Ralph Ott, and Elanore (Howard) Drager. She is survived by son Don (Joan) Klein and daughter Diane (Michael) Thorpe, grandchildren Allison and Andrew Klein, sister-in-law Doris Ott, and many nieces and nephews. Viewing will take place at Walter Funeral Home, 4653 Glendale Avenue, from 2-8pm on Friday, May 27. The funeral will take place at Trinity Lutheran Church, 4560 Glendale Avenue at 11am Saturday, May 28, 2016, with viewing in the narthex of the church the hour preceding the service. Private interment will be at a later date for immediate family. The family requests memorials to be made to the Altar Guild at Trinity Lutheran Church. Your condolences and expressions of sympathy may be left at walterfuneralhome.com