 BELLAMY, RUTH VIRGINIA She died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, just one month short of her 98th birthday. Service: Greenwood Funeral Home of Fort Worth and Sunset Memorial Park of Albuquerque are coordinating arrangements. Memorials: Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Ruth was born in Roswell, N.M. and resided in Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico at various times in her life. Ruth graduated from Roswell High School and then attended the Texas Technological College, now Texas Tech University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1939. She enjoyed teaching and tutoring children throughout her working years. Ruth married Daly "Dale" Raymond Bellamy in 1943, and they called Albuquerque and Tijeras, N.M. home before moving to Arizona in 1961. After Dale's death in 1970, Ruth moved back to Roswell, where she was able to purchase the same house her mother had lived in before her death. Ruth moved to Fort Worth in 1991 to be close to her sister Bertha. Ruth was especially proud of having served as a mentor and role model for young people. Before leaving Roswell she received a special award "in appreciation and recognition of outstanding service and dedication" to the Dry Harbor Club. During her retirement in Fort Worth she continued to tutor students. She made friends quickly wherever she went. Her sense of humor and kindness will be remembered always by all she met. Survivors: sister, Bertha Henrichs of Fort Worth; her brother, Ben Emmett of Edgewood, NM; as well as many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Greenwood Funeral Home 817-336-0584
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