#Ruth Kinley Leisure

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Ruth Leisure, BJU Class of 1964.

Ruth Kinley Leisure went to be with her Lord on August 23, 2024 at the age of 79. Ruth was born in Rockford, Illinois on April 7, 1945. Her parents were the late Marian and Delbert Kinley. She married Paul Leisure in Rockford on June 28, 1968.

Ruth was a graduate of Rockford West High School and continued her education at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina(where she met Paul) and Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois. She played the bass both in high school and in the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. Ruth worked as an executive secretary for the Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company and later as an optician at 20/20 Optical Center in the Brynwood Shopping Center in Rockford.

In Illinois, she was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Northern Winnebago County, active in the Winnebago/Boone County Genealogical Society, a friend of the North Suburban Library, and a member of the First Evangelical Free Church.

In Florida, Ruth was a member of Seabreeze Kiwanis, chaplain of the Port Orange chapter of the Daughter's of the American Revolution, a ""scrappie"" with the Scrapbooking and Card Making Club, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach. She enjoyed watching rocket launches in her driveway from Cape Canaveral. Her hobby was to make creative cards as a personal gift to friends and family. Ruth was often found deep in thought doing genealogical research.

She enjoyed travel to Various places as the Soviet Union(during the Cold War); Door County, Wisconsin; and Galena in Illinois. In Florida Ruth enjoyed just walking along the beach, Amelia Island, Jensen beach, and Vero Beach. She had many wonderful memories of travel with the Sensational Seniors Social group to various day trips, cruises, dinner theatres, and other interesting places. her fun overnight retreats with the ""maniac scrappie ladies"" included adventures in Mt. Dora, St Simon's Island, Vilano Beach, and St. Augustine Beach with her dear friend Lucille McDermott.

Ruth is survived by her husband Paul; daughters Amanda Teachout(Dan Teachout) and Erin Leisure- as well as grandchildren Mason Teachout, Teddy Teachout, Andrew Buchstaber, Tyler Buchstaber, and William Buchstaber. Also surviving are brothers Tim Kinley(Pam Kinley) in Rockford Illinois and Thom Kinley (tove Kinley) in Wyoming, Minnesota as well as many nieces and nephews.