Ruth E. Conard

April 17, 1923 - February 6, 2018

Ruth E. (Kinzey) Conard, 94, of Lake Lynn, and formerly of the Cheat Lake, W.Va. area, passed away quietly Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at her home. Born in Saxton, Pa. on April 17, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Margaret (Welsh) Kinzey. She was a member of the Cheat Lake United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. Ruth worked as a seamstress for 26 years making pajamas at Colshire Manufacturing in Morgantown. Deceased are her husband, Doyle Conard in 1987; a granddaughter, Kristy Conard; three brothers, Merle, Robert and Gary “Sonny” Kinzey; and three sisters, Eva Jean Hall, Betty Lyons, and Jeannette Smith. Surviving are her two children and their spouses, Kent and Dorothy Conard of Laurel Point, WV, and Sharon and Andy Sweder of Lake Lynn, with whom she resided; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Gordon “Vernon” Kinzey, of Bedford, Pa.; and five sisters, Thelma Christopher of Morgantown, Beulah Ovenshire, Margaret “Peggy” Nolf, Annette Nolf, all of Clarion, Pa. and Linda Humphries of Bedford. Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, on Sunday from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8 PM, and Monday from 10 until 11 AM, the hour of service, with Rev. Stanley Merrifield officiating. Interment follows in Fairview Cemetery, Pisgah, W.Va. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be offered to the Cheat Lake United Methodist Church, 750 Fairchance Road, Morgantown, WV 26508.