Ruth E. Fulkerson, 86, of Belle Center, Ohio, died at 12:13 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Logan County on February 17, 1922, a daughter of the late Robert J. and Anna Jane Patterson Aiken.

On February 14, 1944, she married Andrew F. Fulkerson in Belle Center, and he survives, along with a daughter, Dorothy (Paul) Alexander of Bellefontaine. She was preceded in death by a brother, Walter Aiken.

A registered nurse, she was a graduate of Christ Hospital Nursing School in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Belle Center.

Rev. James Sweigart will conduct the graveside service at 3 p.m. Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at the Huntsville Cemetery in Huntsville, Ohio.

Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Christian Church Fellowship  P.O. Box 655  302 W. High St.  St. Marys, Ohio 45885; Harvest Ministries  P.O. Box 4000  Riverside CA 92514; and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association   1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte NC 28201.