Ruth Whetstone, Hot Springs, passed away, with her family in attendance, at the RCRH Auxiliary Hospice House on December 29, 2007. She was born on July 16, 1912 on the family farm in Lucasville, Ohio to Bertha and Frank McGeorge. She attended school in McDermott, Ohio, and following graduation attended Miami of Ohio University and Ohio University. She was an avid basketball player in both high school and college. In 1932 she married Edwin Duncan (now deceased); they had four children: Howard Edwin and Mary Ellen (both of whom died in childhood), Ruth Ann and Ellen Eileen. In 1946 she and her family moved to Hot Springs, where she taught in rural schools in the area. She married Don Oakley (now deceased) in 1947; they had two children, Gary Neal and Janet Lynn. In 1964 she married Richard Whetstone; they have lived near Hot Springs to the present time. She retired from teaching at Lone Man School in Oglala in 1982. Survivors include her husband, Richard Whetstone, daughters Ruth Samuelsen, Ellen Heston (Bill), and Jan Myers, and son Gary Oakley (Judy); six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. We will all miss her forever. A private family service will be held at a later date.