Ruth Short

GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Ruth Short, 85, of Grand Chain, formerly of Ullin, Ill., died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001, at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Metropolis, Ill.

She was born April 21, 1916, in Ullin, daughter of Henry Elmer and Corinna Borland Knupp. She and the late John Short were married Dec. 2, 1939. He died March 17, 1979.

Short was a member of the Karnak Methodist Church and formerly a member of the Ullin Methodist Church. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include a son, James M. Short of Olmsted, Ill.; three stepgrandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, a sister and a brother.

Visitation will be private.

Graveside Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Pisgah Cemetery.

Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.