Calvin Ruth

Calvin H. Ruth, 93, of Quakertown, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015. He resided in the house where he was born on Sept., 11, 1921. He was the son of Calvin Nicholas Ruth and Josephine (Spitznagel) Suelke Ruth. He was a graduate of the Quakertown High School class of 1940 and was employed as an art teacher in the Quakertown School District for over 27 years. He also taught in Hatfield and Souderton prior to coming to Quakertown. His career in teaching began at the Perkiomen Prep School in Pennsburg from 1944 to 1952. Mr. Ruth graduated from the Philadelphia College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and held a Master of Fine Art degree from the Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Art of Temple University. He also did graduate work at Lehigh University. He was an accomplished artist, painting landscapes and architectural structures in oil and watercolor. Mr. Ruth was a five star member of the Valley Forge Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and a life member of the Montgomery County Historical Society, Valley Forge Historical Society, and Goshenhoppen Historians, all in Montgomery County. Also he was a member of the Bucks County Conservancy and the Quakertown Historical Society. He had been a member, a director and librarian of the Richland Library in Quakertown. Visitation will take place on Saturday, February 28, 2015, in St. Isidore's Catholic Church, 2545 W. Pumping Station Rd., Quakertown, at 11 a.m., followed by a Mass of the Resurrection at 12 noon. Interment will follow in the family plot at Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Upper Bucks County SPCA, 60 Reservoir Road, Quakertown, PA 18951.