Ruby Pearl ZIRKLE

Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Tuesday, December 8, 1992: Ruby Pearl Will, 83, of Route 2, Dayton, died Dec. 7, 1992, at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, where she was admitted Saturday. Mrs. Will was born Nov. 2, 1909, in New Market and was a daughter of the late Luther S. and Bessie Jordan Zirkle. She had lived in the Dayton area since 1955. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mount Bethel Church of the Brethren, where she was a member of the Bible Class and had taught Sunday School for a number of years. On March 28, 1933, she married Saylor Milton Will, who died April 28, 1986. Surviving are four daughters, Jean Ann Wall of Falls Church, Joyce Rahe of Fairfax, Judith Hartman of Harrisonburg and Ivy Tester of Johnson City, Tenn; three sons, Larry A. Will of Lynch, Md., James M. "Jim" Will of Dayton and Gerald L. "Jerry" Will of Hinton; four sisters, Irene Jones of Mount Jackson, Evelyn Bailey of Kingston, Md., and Charlotte Emory and Audrey Gayhart, both of Harrisonburg; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The Revs. William Garber and Gene Knicely will conduct the funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Mount Bethel Church of the Brethren. Burial will be in the St. Lukes United Church of Christ Cemetery near Timberville. The family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. today at the McMullen Funeral Home, Route 10, Harrisonburg. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mount Bethel Church of the Brethren, Route 2, Dayton, Va. 22821 or a charity of choice.

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