Ruth RoseMarie Nafzinger, 81, died March 2, 2012, at her home. She was born May 10, 1930, in Knoxville, Tenn., to Wiley Ferguson and Lona Viola (Strange) Nelson.

A member of Zion Lutheran Church, she was a homemaker. On Feb. 1, 1948, she married J.R. Nafzinger at Zion Lutheran Church, Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: son, David Nafzinger and wife Pam of Hutchinson; two daughters, Jackie Burdick and husband Dave of Wichita and Debi Swett-Esslinger and husband Galen of Wichita; two sisters, Alene Overton of Dandridge, Tenn. and Wanda Snell of Lansing, Mich.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters; and a brother.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, with Reverend Henry J. Hartman officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, in care of the mortuary.