Brackbill, Ruth Mininger (1906-1962)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 May 10 p. 1

Birth date: 1906

text of obituary:

INSTRUCTOR AT EASTERN MENNONITE COLLEGE DIES IN CHICAGO

Goshen, Ind. — Mrs. Ruth M. Brackbill, 56, professor of English at Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Va., died at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago on April 30 after being hospitalized three weeks.

The daughter of Rev. J. D. and Hettie Mininger, Mrs. Brackbill was the wife of Maurice T. Brackbill, professor emeritus of physics at E. M. C. He survives with her mother, Mrs. Mininger of Harrisonburg, and two brothers, Dr. Paul Mininger, president of Goshen College, and Dr. Edward P. Mininger of Elkhart.

The body was sent to Harrisonburg for services at the E. M. C. Chapel.