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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituaries
Ruth Golden Ingham
April 5, 1931 — December 1, 2016
Ruth Golden Ingham was
born in Lakewood, Ohio on
April 5, 1931 and died on
December 1, 2016.
She is survived by
her three children: Linda
Rummel (Len), Lee Ingham
(Jacqueline) and Claudia
Ingham (Conan Schleicher);
five grandchildren; and one
great-granddaughter.
She was encouraged to
pursue art by her parents,
Gladys and Harold Golden,
and also loved the sum-
mers she spent on the fam-
ily farm in Butler, Kentucky.
Ruth attended Carnegie
Tech University, where she
met her adoring husband,
Leonard M. Ingham. They
enjoyed 31 years of married
life, and together built their
dream home at Black Butte
Ranch.
Ruth’s professional life
included fashion design,
modeling, painting, art-to-
wear and quilting. She was
inspired by many people
and cultures and inspired her
students of all ages. Her 15
years in Saudi Arabia influ-
enced her art and teaching
and were the catalyst for
travels to all the world’s
continents. After moving
to Black Butte Ranch per-
manently in 1982, Ruth
enjoyed the friendship of
her sister and brother-in-law,
Susan and Dr. Harry Sprang,
who were her next-door
neighbors.
She also taught classes for
Central Oregon Community
College, the Stitchin’ Post
and arts groups through-
out Oregon, the U.S. and
in Saudi Arabia. She was
elected to the Oregon
Watercolor Society, was
featured quilter and inspira-
tional quilter at the Sisters
Outdoor Quilt Show. She
created a stunning collection
of art quilts which have been
included in traveling exhibits
and are highly sought-after.
She was also a quilt restorer
and appraiser, which enabled
her to connect many people
to their own heritage as she
evaluated family heirlooms.
Ruth was an active
member of the Black Butte
Ranch community, serving
on the Architectural Review
Committee, the Art Guild,
BBR Quilters, and held those
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Denise Lynn Burger
July 16, 1953 — December 2, 2016
in Peggy’s Pin Pals dear
to her heart. Her ceaseless
love of learning has inspired
many and, to honor what she
cherished, her family sug-
gests that memorial gifts be
made to support the Sisters
High School art scholar-
ship fund. Details will be
available after the first of
the New Year. Please con-
tact Linda, Lee or Claudia
at RGoldenIngTrust@gmail.
com for details.
A celebration of life will
be held at Black Butte Ranch
on April 5, 2017.
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Denise Lynn Hammack-
Burger passed away
December 2 in her Redmond
home. She was 63.
A Celebration of Life will
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Denise was born July 16,
1953, to Wesley Milton and
Dona Lee Abbott Hammack,
in Sisters. She was the third
of eight children. Denise, or
“Neesy” as she was known
growing up in Sisters, was
one of the first female log
truck drivers. She had a long
career as a truck driver. She
retired shortly after meeting
Andy Burger in 2000. She
married Andy on October
24, 2002.
Denise loved camping,
fishing, hunting, and helping
others. She was an amazing
wife, mother, grandmother,
sister, aunt, and friend. She
will be deeply missed.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; broth-
ers Dick, Lyle, and John
Hammack; her sisters Becky
Ward and Patty Hall. She
is survived by her husband
Andy Burger; children Jason
Burger, Buffy Dunnigan,
Lanette Sleutel, and Andrew
Burger Jr.; brothers Jack
Hammack, Jim (Kristie)
Hammack; 12 grandchil-
dren; 9 nieces and neph-
ews; and 16 great-nieces
and great-nephews, who all
loved her dearly.
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