Batavia - Mrs. Ruth J. Woodruff, age 83, of Batavia, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital.
Mrs. Woodruff was born December 10, 1930 in Hornell, a daughter of the late Joseph and Priscilla Hurlburt Jones.
She retired from the New York State School for the Blind in 1991 and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Batavia.
She is survived by her husband, James E. Woodruff whom she married on October 31, 1953; her children, Charles (Terri) Woodruff of Alexander, Cynthia Zielinski of Portland, Oregon and Catherine (James) Zaso of Batavia; five grandchildren, Libby and Kyle Woodruff, Michelle, Matthew and Monica Zaso; four sisters, Joyce Enderle of Cuba, Anna Roach of Hamburg, Dorothy Dunham of Auburn and Doris Jones of Gowanda; and several nieces and nephews.
She is the sister of the late Weezie Karr and Mary Thompson.
There will be no prior visitation. Her funeral service will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 8221 Lewiston Road, Batavia. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Organ Fund of the First United Methodist Church, 8221 Lewiston Road, Batavia, New York 14020.