Ruth T. Schwarz, 94, a lifetime resident of Aberdeen, died at a Seattle hospital on Friday, August 2, 2013. She was born in Aberdeen, August 1, 1919, the daughter of Anders and Anna (Haukelid) Espedal. She graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1937 and also Grays Harbor Business College.
Ruth married Theodore E. “Ted” Schwarz in Aberdeen in 1940 and they made their home here until Ted’s death in 1997. Ruth then moved to Seattle in 2000 to be nearer to her children.