RUTH WAS BORN ON APRIL 23, 1928 IN PUEBLO, CO THE DAUGHTER OF BENJAMIN AND FLORENCE SANCHEZ. RUTH MARRIED TOBY N RAMPA ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1949. RUTH PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 8, 2011, AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS, AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. RUTH WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, FATHER, MOTHER AND BROTHER BENJAMIN. RUTH IS SURVIVED BY HER TWO CHILDREN, TOBY RAMPA AND CYNTHIA DUNCAN AND GRAND CHILDREN, ADAM AND MATTHEW BREWER, CALEB PILON, AUSTIN DUNCAN, DYLAN AND MAYA RAMPA. RUTH IS ALSO SURVIVED BY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, PRISCILLA (STEVE) VIGIL, ANNA (GEORGE) BROWN, SUSAN (OBED) VIGIL, SAMUEL (NOLA) AND DANIEL (PHILANA) SANCHEZ. RUTH IS ALSO SURVIVED BY MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT SHE LOVED. RUTH AND TOBY FOUNDED GLORIOUS GOSPEL TABERNACLE IN 1967 AND SERVED AS PASTORS AND LEAD PIANIST UNTIL 1994. RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF PRAISE CENTER CHURCH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN OF WORSHIP. RUTH WAS A WINDOW CLERK AT THE US POSTAL SERVICE AND THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION RETIRING IN 1997. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT HORAN MCCONATY 3101 WADSWORTH BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CO 80227 THURSDAY (JANUARY 13, 2011) AT 11:00 AM. INTERNMENT WILL BE AT FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETARY AT 12:15 PM WITH A CELEBRATION OF LIFE RECEPTION AT THE AMERICAN G. I. FORUM, 1717 FEDERAL BLVD, DENVER, CO 80204 AT 12:30 PM. A VIEWING WILL BE HELD AT HORAN & MCCONATY FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 12, 2011). IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO AMERICAN G.I. FORUM SCHOLARSHIP FUND.