Paradise, Utah; Ruth A. Napp, 80, passed away on Monday, October18, 2004. She had suffered a massive stroke on Thursday, October 14, and it was her wish to spend her last days in her own home with her cats, who never left her side.

She was born on July 17, 1924 to Martha Louise Degenring Hoy and William Gustav Hoy in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Bay Ridge High School in Brooklyn and graduated in 1942 specializing in secretarial skills.

On July 15, 1944, she married Marine Sgt. James J. Napp in Brooklyn, New York. They traveled while stationed many places. When her two children became school age she did what few women did in the 1940's, she supported and raised her children alone while her husband was away keeping America Safe.

In West Milford, N.J., she used her secretarial skills and began working for the township. When she retired 25 years later, she was the Deputy Township Clerk.

Between a full time job and raising two children, she found time to be active in the Eastern Star (Masonic Order) and rose to Ruling Matron and Queen of Daughters of the Nile (Shriners Order).

In 1994 she and her husband retired to Florida until 2000, when health problems made it necessary to move to Paradise, Utah to be close to her daughter. It didn’t take long for “Grandma” to be accepted and “adopted” by many special families in the town.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, and her husband. She is survived by her son, Richard (Kathy) Napp of Sussex, New Jersey and her daughter, Ruth (Richard) Rallison of Paradise, Utah. She is also survived by her six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and the many wonderful and special people in this valley that touched her life.

A viewing will be held on Thursday evening, October 21, 2004 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street in Logan. She will be buried next to her husband on Friday, October 22, 2004 at the Utah Veteran’s Memorial Park in Bluffdale, Utah.