Ruth Nogles Spencer

Ruth Nogles Spencer, 95, died Wednesday morning at The Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania.  She was the widow of Gilbert C. Spencer who died in 1994.

Born in Dunmore, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Amelia Pilger Nogles.  She worked as a trimmer in a dress factory in Clarks Summit. Ruth was a member of Countryside Community Church in Newton Township.

She is survived by daughter Bonnie Driesbaugh and her husband Elwood, Clarks Summit; daughter-in-law Mary Ellen Spencer, Clarks Summit; grandchildren Brian M. Spencer, Indiana, Michael J. Spencer, East Norriton, PA, Elwood K. Driesbaugh and his wife Christine, Clarks Summit, Renee Gross and her husband Daniel, Wisconsin; great grandchildren Owen, Connor, Dylan, and Tori Spencer, Hailey and Matthew Driesbaugh, Graeme and Spencer Gross; brother Thomas N. Nogles and his wife Donna, North Carolina; several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by a son, Gilbert, and a brother, William Nogles, and a sister, Esther Deininger.

Ruth's family wishes to thank the entire staff at the Jewish Home for the compassionate care and kindness given to Ruth throughout her stay with them.  They especially thank the nurses and staff on the 4 ^th floor and all of Ruth's caregivers from Compassionate Care Hospice.

Services were privately held in Fairlawn Cemetery in Dalton.

Contributions may be sent to The Jewish Home of Eastern PA Employees Fund, 1101 Vine St., Scranton, PA 18510 or Compassionate Care Hospice, 366 North Main St., Taylor, PA  18517.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit.