Ruth Martha Polhamus, age 95, passed away peacefully on September 14, 2024.

Ruth was a longtime parishioner of St. Patrick’s Church in Portland, Michigan.

Ruth was a devoted homemaker to her family. She enjoyed cooking, baking daily and especially for birthdays and holidays. For many years, she provided an annual winter birthday celebrating all the winter birthdays in our family by preparing her special recipe of “Spaghetti and Homemade Meatballs”.

With the loss of her first husband (Jack Stahl), Ruth raised and supported her five (5) children Lynne, Mark, Michelle, Kyle and Jackie on her own by working at the D & C Dime store and doing ironing for her neighbors and others. Ruth was a wonderful, loving mom and grandma, who never complained, and her family always looks back at her example to carry on in difficult times.

Ruth is preceded in death by her parents Herman and Lena Hall, daughter Jackie Stahl (Martin) and son Mark Stahl. She leaves behind her husband John Pohlamus, children Lynne (Ron) Judge, Michelle Remington and Kyle (Janice) Stahl. Her grandchildren, Bryan Judge, Heather (Todd) Maxon, Laura (Mike) Harrington, Danielle Marines, Shirley and Billy Jo Gross and Kurt Remington. Her great grandchildren, Andrew, Aidan, Riegan and Blake Judge, Ryan and Brandon Maxon, Hunter and Nick Stahl, Josh and Jacob Martin, Mariah Fedewa, Darius, Atraeus, Aliyah Marines, Kenneth and Mikey Harrington, Matthew Snay, Cody, Jeremiah, Alisha and Gabrial Remington.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 21, 2024, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 140 Church St., Portland, Michigan, 48875. The family will receive friends for one (1) hour prior to the Funeral Mass on Saturday.

Interment will follow for “family” in Memorial Gardens of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 740 S. Mission Rd., Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 48858