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Ruth Warenski Barnum 1915 ~ 2005 Ruth Warenski Barnum passed away peacefully surrounded by family members November 14, 2005, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on July 24, 1915, in Payson, Utah, to Annie Elizabeth Sheppard and Walter Henry Warenski. She grew up in Payson and graduated from Payson High School. During the depression she moved with her older brothers, Max and Walter, to Pioche, Nevada to find work. There she met her sweetheart and husband, James Lavon Barnum. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on April 17, 1936. They moved to Orem in 1941 and lived there until 2001 when she moved to Salt Lake City to be with her children. Ruth was an active member of the LDS Church where she held many positions. She worked in the Church extraction program for more than 20 years and was an ordnance worker in the Provo Temple for some 15 years. She was employed by the Alpine School District for more than 20 years as a cook and later as a school lunch supervisor. She is survived by two sons, Derril (Marlene) Barnum, of Salt Lake City and Andrew (Linna) Barnum, of Pahrump, Nevada; two daughters, Deanna (Dwight) Powell, and Jeneal (William) Hainsworth, of Salt Lake City: 18 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Fern Luckhart of Salt Lake City and Mary Ellen Pawlowski of Orem, and one brother, Lynn Evans of St. George. She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Carol Jean; son-in-law, William Hainsworth; two great-grand-children, Justin Powell and Jessica McIntire; three brothers, Walter Warenski, Max Warenski, and Dale Evans. A graveside service will be held Saturday, November 19, 2005, at 12 noon in the Orem City Cemetery,1520 North 800 East. Family and friends may call Saturday morning from 10:00 until 11:30 at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem. Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerfamilymortuaries.com

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