Mrs Kathleen Mitchell (née Odell) - SRN,RCN. 7 March 1947 - 3 March 1993 Kathleen Mitchell was a dedicated nurse, wife and friend. It's 16 years ago, and I still miss her presence and support enormously. This year of 2009 is a particularly sad occasion, with the passing away of my sister Mrs Ruth Mitchell-Pitts in February. There is no doubt that the early months of each new year are a testing and difficult time, but somehow you have to find the strength to continue. Kate was well known in the German and French communities, and I recall with great pleasure, as Kate did also, the numerous occasions we had to participate in Community life in both countries. Sun or shadow, heat or chill, those of us left behind can only hold those departed in our minds - as they were. Surely, from this year onwards, this period will always be associated particularly with those two people who were torn, brutally, at such early ages from us - for no apparant reason o...

This is a link to an obituary given by the EUCE Ambassador with reference to the death of Mrs RUTH MITCHELL-PITTS. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There will be no further articles regarding this sad event on this site. Details, if required may be obtained by addressing an e-mail to the author of the site. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/rmp/ (Click on the title of this article or copy/paste this link) 1951-2009 » Raleigh News & Observer o...

19-06-1951 - 01-02-2009 Ruth Elizabeth Mitchell-Pitts Ruth Elizabeth Mitchell-Pitts passed away Sunday morning, 1 st February,after a sixteen-month battle with cancer. She was courageous and uncomplaining throughout her ordeal. As if we did not know already,over these last weeks Ruth continually reminded us of her love for family, her extraordinary spirit and strength of mind. Ruth was born 19 June 1951 to the Rev Dr Thomas Crichton Mitchell and Elizabeth Smith Mitchell in Paisley, Scotland, the Coats & Clark suburb of Glasgow. Ruth’s family lived in various cities where her father, a minister of the Church of the Nazarene, held pastoral and, later, teaching posts: Bolton, a mill-town near Manchester; Clapham Junction, the rail hub south of London; and Schaffhausen, Germany, a hamlet on the Rhine. As she completed her grade-school education at Belleville School in Battersea, Ruth won an all-London scholarship to Grey Coat Hospital, the girls’ school in We...