Lemley Chapel
Serving Sedro-Woolley &
All of Skagit County Since 1935
1008 Third Street
Sedro-Woolley, WA
360-855-1288
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Ruth Irene McGhie

Ruth Irene McGhie

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

Ruth Irene McGhie, 94, a former longtime Sedro-Woolley and Anacortes resident, passed away on March 24, 2015 at the Home Place A.F.H. in Burlington.

Ruth was born on October 22, 1920 in Tacoma, WA, the daughter of William & Anna (Hyde) Hartness. She was raised and attended school in Tacoma, graduating from high school with the class of 1939.

In the mid 1940’s she married Gerald Wold and they made their home in Friday Harbor for several years. Ruth later moved to Sedro-Woolley where she met and married Jim McGhie in 1961 and she worked as a ward nurse at Northern State Hospital until its closure in 1973 and then at Western State Hospital in Steilacoom until retiring in 1983.  She returned to Sedro-Woolley where she worked part time as a nurse at the Life Care Center until her final retirement and moving to Anacortes.

Ruth is survived by her son, Brad Wold and his wife Chris of Mount Vernon; 3 grandchildren, Trevor Wold, Wendy Edwards and Tara Edwards; 7 great-grandchildren, Paige, Summer and Fisher Fields, Morgan and Taylor Mosher, Hunter Edwards and Payton Wold and several nieces and nephews.   She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Jim McGhie in 1970; brothers, Stanley & Kelso Hartness and sister Myrtle Lewis.

Private inurnment will be at Sedro-Woolley Union Cemetery. 

Guestbook

  • Ruth Brunner

    Ruth was one of a kind, beautiful woman. I enjoyed visiting with her for many years until she needed a higher level of care. I was always quite entertained by how she’d pull out her binoculars to look at what was going on across the street. She’d always have a story or two to go along with what she saw. Also, her stories about Northern State were so amazing.

    I still think about all my visits with her when I see other people in her apartment complex. It’s easy to say that she was one of my favorites.

  • Jodie Ramsey

    I met Ruth many years ago when we worked together at Life Care Center. She was such a vibrant, bubbly, lovely person with a wicked sense of humor who always made me laugh. Such a great Lady!!! My condolences to her family, she will be missed.