Ruthe Burgess

Mrs. Ruthe Burgess, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Memorial Manor Nursing Home No services are planned. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Ruthe was born August 23, 1921 in Cincinnati, OH, the daughter of George Baku and Anna Dietes Baku. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George Stanley Heitzler and Harvey J. Burgess; and a son, Geoffrey Heitzler. Survivors include her daughter, Diane Bridges and her husband James of Bainbridge, GA; her sister, Kay Rowlette of Cincinnati, OH; her grandsons, Mike Chitwood and his wife Andrea of Novato, CA and Mark J. Chitwood and his wife Maria of Pelham, GA; and her great-grandchildren, Jessica Chitwood and Jake Chitwood.