Born: July 15, 1924

Died: March 29, 2010

Services: Services will be on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at the Clemente Funeral Home in New Middletown, Ohio.

Visitation: Friends may call on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Clemente Funeral Home in New Middletown and one hour before the service on Tuesday, from 10 to 11 a.m.

NEW MIDDLETOWN - Ruth Hope (Raub) Cornell, 85, of Ohlin Drive passed away Monday at HPH Hospice in Dade City, Florida. Ruth was born in Youngstown, Ohio on July 15, 1924, a daughter of Omar George & Edna Belle (Shoff) Raub. She was a 1942 graduate of Poland Seminary High School. She married Fred Allen Cornell, Jr. on March 25, 1944; lasting 56 years. He preceded her in death on November 13, 2000. She worked as a secretary at Northside Hospital in the Purchasing Department, but was a homemaker most of her married life. Ruth became an active member of The East Palestine Eastern Star #381, where she was Past Matron, Daughters' of the American Revolution, White Shrine of Jerusalem and The Colonial Dames - Dewitt Tjaatje Chapter. She enjoyed bowling and won many trophies. She was also a member of The New Middletown Garden Club taking pride in her vast knowledge of plants and gardening. Ruth also loved traveling and enjoyed making several trips to Canada each year. As an avid antique collector, she enjoyed stopping at various flea markets and garage sales to find those special items that interested her. For 15 years, she and her husband were (snowbirds) traveling to Florida each winter after his retirement. For the past 10 years, she continued to travel and spent her winters at her property enjoying the Florida sunshine. She will be sadly missed by her four children, Gary (Lou Crawford) Cornell of Navarre, OH, Linda (Thomas) Brady of Petersburg, OH, Marilyn (Robert) Persing of New Middletown, OH, Richard (Leni) Cornell of New Springfield, OH, one brother, Wayne E. Raub of New Middletown, OH; ten grandchildren, Bobbi Lynn (Curtis) Frase, Gregory Cornell, Corey (Connie) Persing, Aaron(Noel Lavezzi) Cornell, Mark (Amanda) Brady, Jeremy (Stacy) Cornell ,Jennifer Peppe, Tracy Brady, Paula (Mark) Steiner, Christopher (Shelley) Persing and fourteen great grandchildren; all of whom affectionately call Ruthie their (Nanny). Besides her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her two sisters, Dorothy Zurcher and Thelma Edminson; two brothers, Omar G. Jr., and infant Ronald Raub.

Memorials: Memorial tributes can be made to: Hospice of the Valley 5190 Market Street Boardman, Ohio 44512

Cemetery: Lake Park Cemetery (Map)

Location: Clemente Funeral Home, New Middletown (Map)

Church: Free Methodist Church (Map)