{"id":17705,"date":"2024-07-16T08:15:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T12:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17705"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T12:15:21","slug":"ruth-coil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/ruth-coil\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Coil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ruth E. Coil, 92, of Decatur, Indiana passed away Sunday afternoon, July 14, 2024, at Adams Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9006833.jpeg?resize=400%2C626&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17706\" style=\"width:144px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9006833.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9006833.jpeg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on November 29, 1931, in Pleasant Mills, Indiana to the late Carl Ehrsam and Cleo (Foor) Ehrsam. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was united in marriage to Edwin E. Coil on April 22, 1951, at Pleasant Mills Methodist Church and he preceded her in death on February 15, 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a member of the Pleasant Mills Methodist Church and the Daughters of the Nile (Teti Sheri Temple No. 60).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth graduated from Pleasant Mills High School in 1949. Along with being a homemaker she worked at General Electric in Decatur for 17 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is survived by son, Rick (Jean) Coil of White Lake, Michigan; son, Eric (Sherry) Coil of Decatur, Indiana; daughter, Denise (Jeff) Alberding of Decatur, Indiana; sister-in-law, Alice Ehrsam of Decatur, Indiana; sister-in-law, Betty Howell of Wapakoneta, Ohio; brother-in-law, Rex Coil of Springfield, Ohio; four grandchildren, Christie (Neil) Komer, Aimee (Brad) Badarak, Lance (Kaitlin Paul) Coil, and Blake (Samantha Ortiz) Coil; two step-grandchildren, Jordan Lister and Jennifer Starlin; seven great-grandchildren, Landon and Caroline Komer, Trevor and Oliver Badarak, Remi, Edwin and Emmett Coil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth is preceded in death by her brother, Raymond Ehrsam; two sisters-in-law, Wilma Gehron, and Teresa Leppla; and three brothers\u2013in\u2013law, Richard, Larry, and LaVerne Coil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2024, at the Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur, Indiana with Pastor John McCullough officiating. Burial will follow at M.R.E. Cemetery in Berne, Indiana. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials can be made to the&nbsp; Pleasant Mills United Methodist Church or Shriners Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth E. Coil, 92, of Decatur, Indiana passed away Sunday afternoon, July 14, 2024, at Adams Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-17705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}