Ruth May Long Gotinsky, age 86 years, a resident of the Pheasant Run Community, Kerens, WV, departed this life Tuesday morning, November 5, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her family and under the care of West Virginia Caring Hospice.
She was born Saturday, May 28, 1938, at Haddix, WV in Tucker County, a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Mahalia Plum Long. On October 12, 1956, at Red House, MD, she was married to Ernest William Gotinsky, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Beverley Dawnella Gotinsky of Shavers Fork and Teresa Ernestine Brusak and husband James Anthony of Erwin, NC; seven grandchildren, Teresa and husband Allan, Doug, Coltan and wife Dannie, Devlin and wife Beth, Roy and wife Kaylon, Liana, and Logan; eight great grandchildren, Lucas, Avagrace, Ruthie, Emma, Isaac, Johnnie, Grayson and Maddox.
She is the last surviving member of her immediate family having been preceded in death by two brothers, Frank William Long and Roy Daniel Long; and seven sisters, Bertha Long, Helen Wotring, Georgie Long, Alberta Poveromo, Dessie Haube, Edith Scott and Indianna Brown.
She was a graduate of Parsons High School with the class of 1956 and received a degree in early childhood development and also received a degree in Nursing. She managed the OBGYN department in White Marsh Medical Center for five years. She was a member of the Hendricks United Methodist Church and also attended St. John’s United Methodist Church and the Parsons Church of God. She enjoyed working in the yard and in the garden, where she loved her flower gardens and her day lilies. Ruth also enjoyed quilting and taught quilting at Camp Horseshoe for fifteen years. She helped raise her grandchildren and loved them very much.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, WV on Monday, November 11, 2024, from 11 AM to 1 PM. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Monday at 1 PM. Pastor Donna Bolinger will officiate and interment will follow at the Moore Community Cemetery at Moore, WV. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Ruth May Long Gotinsky. Condolences may be expressed to the family at; www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.