Irma "Ruth" Naylor Obituary (1928

Irma "Ruth" Naylor, 90, a resident of Portland passed away on Friday January 11, 2018 at the Kaiser Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro. Ruth was born on November 13, 1928 in Gilbert, AR. She was one of seven children born to William and Mattie (Barnett) Baker. She was raised during the Great Depression in Arkansas and attended school at Marshall High School. Ruth then moved to Missouri until the early 1950's when she settled in Southern California living primarily in Anaheim, CA. In 1965 she moved to Hartford, CA and then in 1979 moving to Portland, OR. She met her husband, Jack Naylor, through mutual friends and they married on April 25, 1988 in Portland. They made their home in Portland until 2003 when they moved to Beaverton. Jack passed away in 2003 Ruth was a devoted and loving mother but had also worked outside the home as a bookkeeper and then for a physician's office at the Lloyd's Center in Portland. She was a very honest, Kind, and giving person. She enjoyed family and friends.She loved reading and wrote poetry including publishing her own book. Ruth was very active at her church; Peninsula Baptist in Portland where she sang in the choir and helped with bible study. She was a bird watcher, and in her youth, she liked to go dancing.Later in life, she and her husband Jack explored ghost towns all over the western states. Ruth, a modern woman,liked to visit family and friends and collect cook books. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Jack, her son, John Naylor, and five siblings. She is survived by her loving daughter, Susan, of Beaverton and her sister, Anita McCroskie, and five grandchildren; eight great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren