ECHOLS, Ky. — Ruth Pillow Hardesty, 83, of Echols, passed away on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Ohio County Healthcare under the care of Hospice of Ohio County. She was born on April 27, 1938, in Waterloo, Iowa, to the late Ira and Inez Black Pillow.
Ruth was a member of Echols Daystar Church of God and she was a retired bus monitor for the Ohio County Board of Education.
Aside from her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Hardesty; five brothers, Franklin Pillow, James Pillow, David Pillow, Paul Pillow, and Robert Pillow; and one sister, Dorothy Bonnickison.
She leaves behind to cherish many memories, her children, Dennis Frizzell, of Maryland, Keith (Billie Jo) Frizzell, of Indiana, Brent (Jessica) Frizell, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, and Rena Frizzell, of Rockport, Kentucky; one brother, Richard Pillow, of Beaver Dam; two sisters, Mary Dotson, of Beaver Dam, and Betty Shaver, of Echols; nine grandchildren, Kori, Christopher, Nikki, Johnetta, Michael, Christopher, Samantha, Matthew and Jacob; and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Michael Decker officiating. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery in Philpot. Friends may visit with Ruth’s family from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence may be left for the family of Ruth Pillow Hardesty by visiting her memorial tribute at www.danksfuneralhome.com.