Ruth F. Sever, age 94, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020 in a senior foster care in Eagle Point, OR. Ruth was born in Missoula, Montana on December 5, 1925 to Elsie (Adair) and Victor Friend. From the age of four, Ruth was raised by her grandmother, Emily Adair. She attended Hamilton Public Schools and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1943 at the age of 16.
Ruth met and married Donald K Sever in California on January 7, 1947. They were married for 42 years.
They eventually relocated to Butte, where they resided for a number of years. From Butte they moved to the ghost town of Elkhorn, Boulder Valley and then to the small mining town of Basin, where they raised four children.
