Ruth Jean Woodruff Teel, 95 of Rushville, IL passed away at 12:50 p.m. Friday February 28, 2025 at Rushville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 28, 1930 in Springfield, IL to the late Clarke W. & Ruth Shivelbine Woodruff. Ruth married Robert R. Teel on July 8, 1950 at the First Congregational Church in Springfield, IL. Surviving is a daughter Catherine Jean Teel & significant other Dr. Richard Dietzen, a son Richard Clarke Teel & wife Dawn, 3) grandchildren Daniel Lane & wife Emily Sullivan, Elizabeth Braband- Lane & Wife Kellie, and Lindsay Booth 2) great-grandchildren Ember Grace Booth and John Robert Lane, a brother Clarke Woodruff. She is preceded in death by her husband of 63 years Robert R. Teel and an infant sister Mary Jane Woodruff. Ruth graduated from Springfield High School in 1947; entered University of Illinois in 1947 and finished with a Bachelor's degree in education from U of I around 1960. Ruth taught

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