Anna Ruth Cessna, 95 of Centertown died Saturday April 26, 2014, at Professional Care Health & Rehab in Hartford. She was born in Rockport, Ky., to the late Henry B. and Ora Ashby Stom.
She was a member of Centertown United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 296 auxiliary and she was retired from William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., where she worked as a labor and delivery technician.
She was a devoted mother and grandmother, church and community worker.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years Elgan “Bud” Cessna, a daughter, Amelia Joyce Suggs, her first husband, W. Wilson Suggs (1944) and a grandson, Daniel Stewart.
Survivors include one son, David Edward (Tonia) Cessna of Centertown; three daughters, Rita (Glenn) Stewart of Centertown, Linda Margolin of Tamarac, Fla., Janet (Robert) Cook of Springfield, Mo.; 10 grandchildren, Chelsie (John) Decker, Alisha Gray, Danielle Cessna, Elizabeth (Kevin) Boner, Tristam (Kris) Stewart, Joyce (Dean) Stewart Miller, Matthew (Lori) Stewart, Joel Stewart, Ashley Margolin-Ferry and Lindsay (Rico) Rincon; 17 great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Rob Stout officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery near Rockport, Ky. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until funeral time Thursday at the funeral home.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the United Methodist Children’s Home. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made at: bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.