Buckwalter, Ruth Weiland: 6/22/1999

Ruth Weiland Buckwalter, 71, of Phoenixville, died on Tuesday, June 22, 1999 at her daughter's home in Elverson. She was the widow of William Buckwalter. Born in Phoenixville, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Ruth Phillippi Weiland. She resided all of her life in the Phoenixville area and was a 1946 graduate of the Phoenixville High School. She attended Ursinus College and Temple University where she studied bookkeeping and learned secretarial skills. She and her late husband where owners of the former B and R Crane Service for many years. She was also a part-time librarian at the Phoenixville Library and was also township secretary in Charlestown for several years. She was a member of the Calvary Bible Church in Phoenixville. She was a member of the Charlestown Historical Society, the Charlestown Town Watch, a member and secretary for the Water Resources Association. She loved horses and was an avid horseback rider. She is survived by a daughter, Susan Bolinger of Elverson; three sons, William Buckwalter of Springhill, Kan., James Buckwalter of Chesterfield, Va. and Douglas Buckwalter of Phoenixville; two sisters, Beverly Ott of Charlestown and Margot Crawford of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and two grandchildren. Funeral services and interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be to Penn Care at Home, 57 The Commons at Valley Forge, 1288 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville, Pa., 19460 or to the Phoenixville Hospital Cancer Center, 750 South Main Street, Phoenixville, Pa., 19460. Arrangements are being handled by the Campbell-Ennis-Klotzbach Funeral Home in Phoenixville.