Ruth Page

Ruth Petrikin Page, age 91. 1929-2021.  Beloved mother of 7 children, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 20th in the devoted care of daughter Mary. Ruth was a lifelong resident of Flint, Michigan.  Until the 1970s, she was a member of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, where she was baptized, graduated Class of 1947 and was married to Robert Page in 1950. Ruth loved being a wife and mother, reading, gardening and singing. She had a great sense of humor.   Ruth was a lifelong learner who learned how to use Alexa and Siri as her digital companions.  She was a very active member of St. Pius Parish; a long time member of their choir and Altar Society.   After living on Larchmont street for all of 60 years, Ruth made wonderful new friends, enjoying life in the Woodhaven Independent Senior Living Community over the past 9 years.

Ruth was preceded in death by husband, Robert, sons Rob, Rusty and Tom, parents, George and Ruth Litzinger Petrikin and brothers, George, David and Robert Petrikin and sister, Jane (Sister Jeanine IHM).

She is survived by daughters and son-in-laws, Jeanine (Alex Kingsley), Ruth (Dennis Goddard), Mary Page Grab, Anne Page, and chosen son, Jack Dagenais.   Ruth was blessed with 14 grandchildren; Robyn Kingsley, Christopher (Jasmine) Kingsley, Samantha Kingsley, Rocky (Carey) Goddard, Joe (Amanda) Goddard, Nick Goddard, Bethany (Matt) Erickson,  Chelsea (Todd) Cates, Celeste (Robert) Bois, Jess (Ben) Brightly, Sarah Page, Aaron (Stefanie) Bentoski, David (Shelly) Bentoski, Andrew (Nicole) Bentoski, and her 19 great grandchildren and many special friends.

Thank you for the compassionate care and guidance of The Medical Team Hospice, especially Brianna and Kash.  Before hospice, thank you to the Woodhaven staff and management for keeping mom safe from Covid and for being there in her time of need.

A celebration of her life will be arranged for a later date.  Arrangements provided by Sharp Funeral Homes, Miller Road Chapel, 8138 Miller Rd, Swartz Creek.

If you would like to remember Ruth, you could donate to the North End Soup Kitchen: https://catholiccharitiesflint.org/ Or to Macular Degeneration research:   https://www.macular.org/how-donate. Tributes may be shared at www.sharpfuneralhomes.com.