DATE: Friday, April 25, 1997                TAG: 9704250523

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ERICA D. RUTH

Erica Danielle Ruth, 17, died April 18, 1997, in her residence.

Erica was a student at Lafayette High School, Williamsburg. She was an avid soccer player, who played the flute, the oboe, and also loved animals. She was a former student of the Mary Ann Wood School of Dance, Chesapeake.

She is survived by her father, Dane Michael Ruth and his wife, Dianne, of Virginia Beach; her mother, Roxie Ruth of Williamsburg; her grandparents, Paul and Florence Ruth of Renovo, Pa., Hobson Johnson of Natural Bridge Station, Va., and Frances Williams of Concord, N.C; a brother, Brandon Ruth of Williamsburg; two stepsisters, Jenny Graf of Chesapeake, Anna Kelley of Virginia Beach; and many aunts, uncles and cousins, nieces and nephews.

A chapel service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the Kellum Funeral Home, Bonney Road Chapel, Virginia Beach, by Chaplain Scott Davis. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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