Ruth Lydia Ball, 81, of Phillipsburg, went home to our Lord, Monday, April 24, 2006 in Warren Hospital.

Born March 12, 1925 in Weatherly, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Mary Cihilash Sube.

Her husband, the late Kenneth Ball passed away February 1, 1988.

She was employed as a presser at Eastern Overall for twenty years. She loved life, gardening, reading and her pet dog, Dee-Dee and was an avid NASCAR fan of Jeff Gorden.

Ruth was a member of the River of God Fellowship, Easton.

She is survived by three sons, Kenneth D. and his wife Charlene of Holland Township, NJ, Clinton, Sr. and his wife Rosemary of Martins Creek, Pa, and Irvin, Sr. and his wife Katheryn of Phillipsburg, NJ; a daughter, Sandra Minchin and her husband Larry of Easton, Pa; two sisters, Pearl Kaye and Sylvia Hoffman; a brother, Fred Sube, all of Weatherly, Pa; seven grandchildren, Irvin Ball, Lonnie Ball and his wife Lisa, Halli Gudzinas and her husband Jim, Clinton Ball Jr. and his wife Cindy, Carol Van Horn and her husband Leonard, Ruthann Edinger, and Joseph D. Edinger; nine great-grandchildren, Berlynn and Taylor Gudzinas, Nicole Free, Antoinette and Clinton Ball, III, Elizabeth and Leonard Van Horn, III, Hailey Rustay and Collin Edinger. Two brothers, Howard and Daniel, and three sisters, Mary Ellen Hinkle, Lucille Koloski, and Martha Coxe, all died earlier.

Services will be held 10:00 a.rn. Thursday, in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg. Burial will be in the Phillipsburg Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider donation to the church, 813 Reynolds Street Easton, Pa 18042. Online condolences to the family may be offered at www.noto-wynkoop.com.