This was  written by Doreen Myers Wirsig (Ruth Myers’ daughter) in response to my post and comments by others on FaceBook

I’m Ruth’s daughter (hi Angel! – so good to read your comments.) My mother died peacefully yesterday as my brother, Brian, was reading I Corinthians 15.

He had been reading through the Psalms for an hour or so. It’s hard to put to words what she looked like. It was as though, with her eyes closed, the Scriptures of her Beloved were bearing her up as on eagles wings.

Then, not knowing she was about to go, he turned to I Cor. 15. With “sown perishable, raised imperishable” , she opened her eyes. He read on. After verse 34, Brian said, “Mom, do you remember this next verse? It’s on Daddy’s tombstone in Hong Kong.” That was 50 years ago…

She turned her eyes; they came to life and focused on his. As he read the verse – “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” – she breathed her last.

There were a few gentle movements, and she was gone. He had just gotten to the middle of the next verse, which he then read: “Thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The following verse, the last in the chapter, is for all of us who are left behind. He read, “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”

After this there was a golden silence; then Brian put his hand on her brow and said,

The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.

We are certain that the Lord’s face was shining on her at that very moment! This is the blessing we know she would want to leave for all of you as well.

We are so relieved for her! She is in heaven with Daddy (Dean Denler), Dad (Warren Myers), her sister Mary, and her best love, Jesus.

Dean Denler, Ruth Barnett, Mary Barnett, and Gene Denler (l to r) met in Bible college.

Ruth and Warren were married in 1968 and spent the next couple of years in Ames, Iowa, serving as Mid-West regional leaders.

Her viewing will be from 4-7 pm on Sunday, November 14, at the Mountain view funeral home in Colorado Springs. Her memorial service will be at 10 am, Monday, November 15, in the Great Hall of the Glen Eyrie Castle.

Read The Navigators’ Tribute – Ruth Myers Enters into Never-ending Days of Praise