A funeral service celebrating the life of Dorothy Weir Ruff 84 will be held at Wittenberg Lutheran Church 233 North Lee Street Leesville on Saturday July 24 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in Leesville Cemetery. The Reverend Michael Sherman will officiate. Pallbearers will be grandsons Ian Jay and Ben Ruff Rob McEwen grandsons-in-law Michael Reed and Scott Ziegler and nephews Jimmy Bobby and Tommy Weir. Visitation will be at her home in Leesville on Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Ruff passed away Wednesday July 212010 surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Newberry SC April 18 1926 to Fred James Weir Sr. and Helen Bedenbaugh Weir. She grew up in Newberry and married John Virgil Ruff Sr. She attended Winthrop College Newberry College University of South Carolina and Lander University as a lifelong learner. She spent many happy hours working at the Batesburg-Leesville branch of the Lexington County Library. She was active in her churches Redeemer Lutheran church in Newberry The Lutheran Church of the Incarnation in Columbia and Wittenberg Lutheran Church in Leesville. Most recently she served on the altar guild participated in the Morning Circle attended Sunday School and church services. Mrs. Ruff was a member of the Honeysuckle Garden Club in Columbia Camellia Garden Club The Little Book Club B-L Meals on Wheels program and several bridge clubs until prevented by her illness. Mrs. Ruff is survived by daughter Betsy Ruff McEwen sons John Virgil Ruff Jr. James Ira Ruff Sr. (Sue) of Batesburg-Leesville and son David Weir Ruff of Hoffman Estates Illinois her brother Fred James (Bubba) Weir Jr. (Mary Lou) six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was predeceased by her husband of forty-one years. The Ruff family expresses sincere appreciation to caregiver Twanda Nesbitt and Regency Hospice nurses Katie Libby and Angela. Memorials may be made to Wittenberg Lutheran Church at PO Box 3447 Batesburg-Leesville South Carolina 29070. The family asks that donations be made to either to the Wittenberg Food Pantry or the Wittenberg Building Fund. Barr-Price.com (803)532-4411