Ruth Best (nee Reid)
Passed on: January 14th, 2012
Passed peacefully away at the Glenbrook Lodge, St. John’s, on January 14th, 2012, Ruth Best formerly of Tacks Beach, aged 94 years. Predeceased by husband Heber; daughters: Alma and Vera; granddaughter Donna and sisters: Jean, Sylvia, Blanche and Annie; brother Harold and son-in-law Manuel Pottle. Leaving to mourn daughters: Shirley Pottle, Victoria, Rowena Lewis (Rob), Oregon, Iris Gach (Dale), Maple Ridge; sons: Ralph (Jean), Foxtrap, Harvey (Lorraine), High River, and Adam, Fort McMurray; brothers: Ern (Annie), Kelligrews and Gordon (Ethel), Arnolds Cove; sisters: Meta, Arnolds Cove, Sadie, Arnolds Cove, Elsie, St. John’s and Irene, Garden Cove; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren and a large circle of relatives and friends. Resting at Carnell’s Funeral Home, 329 Freshwater Road, St. John’s. Visitation will take place on Monday, January 16th, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will take place from St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, Chapel Arm, on Tuesday January 17th, 2012 at 2 p.m., with interment to follow at St. John the Baptist Anglican Cemetery in Chapel Arm. Flowers accepted or donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. To send a message of condolence or to sign the memorial guestbook please visit www.carnells.com


