When she was young they moved to Joliet, Mont., where Kathy attended school and graduated from Joliet High School in 1961. Following her graduation, she worked as Harrison Fagg's secretary with the Youth Guidance Council. In 1965, she moved to Oakland where she was employed by Kaiser Company for 33 years, retiring in 1998 due to ill health. She was preceded in death by her father, George, and brother, George L. Ruff. Memorials may be made to the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Billings.
Funeral services are pending.
She married Clyde Clucas in Shell, Wyo. He passed away in 1957. Ruth was very well known for her many hours of volunteer work for the Staff Noncommissioned Officers Service Club of which she was a life member in Barstow. She moved to Billings in 1982 to live near her daughter. Ruth was very active in the RSVP in Billings where she especially loved her volunteer work and crafts.