Lena "Ruth" Higgins

Lena R. Higgins, 88, of Teays Valley, WV went to be with the Lord on June 24, 2010, in Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, WV, following a long exemplary life. Born March 10, 1922, in Glenville, Gilmer County, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Mahone Rymer and Laura Blanche Moore Rymer Dye. On June 9, 1942, she was married to Robert Theodore Hauman, who served in the Army Air Corps beginning in November, 1941. He was a bomber pilot instructor during WWII until his death in a flight training accident in September, 1945. On December 27, 1948, she was married to Robert Earl Higgins, well known to older Glenville, WV residents and Glenville State College alumni. Lena Ruth was a 1940 graduate of Glenville High School and a 1948 graduate of Glenville State College. She taught high school in Hundred and in Normantown. In earlier years, she enjoyed bridge, golf, and gardening. She was active in faculty wives groups at the University of Toledo (OH). She was a member of the Glenville chapter of Eastern Star and of the Hurricane First Baptist Church. In addition to her husband she is also survived by one son, Robert Theodore ?Ted? Hauman, Jr. and wife, Patricia of Chicora, PA and by grandchildren, Robert T. Hauman, III (by Sue Call Hauman) and his wife, Susan Stevens Hauman of Culpeper, VA, Kristin Lee Hauman of Pittsburgh, PA and Andrew Rymer Hauman and his wife, Lynda of State College, PA, and by one great-grandson, Marshall Robert Hauman of Culpeper, VA; brother, William Arthur Rymer and wife, Mary LuVayne Ellison Rymer of St. Albans, WV, Lena Ruth was preceded in death by first husband, Capt. Robert T. Hauman, her parents and by her nephew, William Arthur Rymer, II. Funeral service for Lena Ruth will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 28, 2010 at Chapman Funeral Home, 3941 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane, WV with Jim McGehee officiating, Private burial will be in the Meadow Lane Cemetery, Glenville, WV. Friends may visit Sunday from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to, The G.S.C. Foundation, 200 High Street, Glenville, WV 26351. Visit www.chapmanfuneralhomes.com to share memories or to leave a condolence.