Jan 8, 2021
ESCANABA Ruth Sinks Dubbelde, of Escanaba, passed away on January 4, 2020 on the morning of her 95th birthday. Ruth was born on a farm on the banks of the Mississippi River in Cache, Illinois to Gussie Lelle (Davis) and William Arthur Sinks. She graduated from Cairo High School and the University of Illinois, earning a business degree in commerce and marketing. While at the university, she met Hank Dubbelde in a business class and lent him one of her books. That was the beginning of their love story.
After graduation, they married and moved to Dearborn, Michigan. Ruth worked in management at J.L. Hudsons in Detroit where she developed her wonderful sense of fashion, especially her love of high heels. After her two daughters were born, she volunteered at her eldest daughter’s first grade class and fell in love with teaching. Ruth went back to college and earned her elementary education degree at Wayne State University and began her next chapter teaching 1st grade in