Effie Torue (Ruth) Renfro

Effie Torue (Ruth) Renfro, age 89, passed on December 6, 2014 at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah, WA with her eldest daughter Lilla by her side.

She is survived by her five children (Lilla, Twilda, Farrel, Leon, and Anthony), 14 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband of 69 years, Lester H. Renfro, who passed March 30, 2013.

She lived out her days in Fall City WA, in the family’s home since 1963, with her daughter Lilla.

She was born in Valliant, OK on December 10, 1924, and moved to Washington State in 1941 to work in the shipyards in Longview, where she met her husband Lester. They were married on May 31, 1944 in Raton, NM. They settled down in the Snoqualmie Valley in 1959, where they raised their family, and she ran Renfro’s Upholstery.

She was an AMAZING wife, mother and grandmother. Her home was often filled with the joyful sounds of large happy family gatherings. Her hobbies included cooking, crocheting, sewing, quilting, fishing, gardening, canning, and genealogy.

She will be greatly missed and forever loved.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, on Monday, December 15, 2014 at Flintoft’s Funeral Home in Issaquah. Friends are invited to join her family in celebrating Effie’s life. You are invited to sign the family’s online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.