Ruth Nadine Long, eldest daughter of Dean and Edna (Burns) Place passed away April 29, 2013 at the Holton Community Hospital at the age of 79. She was born March 25, 1934 on a farm near Mayetta, KS and spent most of her life around the Holton area except for the twenty years that she traveled with her husband while he served in the United States Air Force. Ruth graduated from Circleville High School in 1952.

Ruth was married to Milton Snyder on April 4, 1953. To this union two daughters were born, Wanda White and Karen Snyder. In 1976 her marriage to Milton ended. On June 8, 1981 she was married to Robert Long, he preceded her in death on October 3, 2004. She was also preceded in death by an infant brother; an infant sister; a stepson; her sister, Olive Hyatt and a brother, Glenn "Tiny" Place.

Ruth is survived by two daughters, Wanda White and her husband Stan of Mayetta and Karen Snyder of Holton; two granddaughters, Micheal and Becky White; a grandson, James Rowland and his wife Robin; 4 great grandsons, Trevor, Bryce, Tim and Mason; a great granddaughter, Jazzmyne; two step-daughters, Helen Looney and Marilyn Moser both of Hiawatha; step grandchildren and great step-grandchildren.

Ruth was baptized on Christmas Day in 2005 and joined the United Methodist Church in Mayetta.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Interment will be in the Olive Hill Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening. Memorials may be given to the Mayetta United Methodist Church or to Medicalodges Ja. Co. Kitchen Dept. c/o Mercer Funeral Home P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.