14 Apr Death of Missionary Ruby Parent

Ruby Parent, who served a total of 11 years as a missionary in Sierra Leone, passed away on Sunday, April 13, at the Evergreen Nursing Home in Pioneer, Ohio. Here are the funeral details:

• Visitation: Thursday, April 17, 2-8 p.m. at the Thompson Funeral Home in Pioneer, Ohio.
• Memorial service: Friday, April 18, 11 a.m. at Lake View UB church in Camden, Mich. Rev. Stephen Smith will officiate.

Rubert Parent was born in Sherwood, Ohio, and graduated from Huntington University. She first went to Sierra Leone in 1958, where she served successively as teacher, principal, and matron at the Bonthe Girls’ School and Home in Bonthe. After six years in the States, she returned to Sierra Leone in 1971 for her final term of service.

Dr. George Fleming, in his history of the UB work in Sierra Leone, writes, “Being manager of a school of 400 girls staggers the imagination….Surely scores of the girls and young women under Ruby’s training will ‘rise up and call her blessed.’ When I ponder over the tremendous responsibility which rests upon the shoulders of this one young lady, and our many missionaries, how faithful we in the homeland should be in our backing of these ambassadors of the Lord through our prayers and by our gifts.”