A private family service has been held for Ruth Martha Tuma.

Burial was under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Ruth Martha Tuma, age 85, of Lawton, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 in Snyder, Oklahoma.  She was born February 23, 1931 in Passendorf, Germany to Kurt and Martha (Kotel) Muller.   Mrs. Tuma worked as a sales clerk at J.C. Penney for fourteen years. She lived the life she wanted to live.

Survivors include two granddaughters, Chantel Tuma, Kansas City, Missouri and Shania Tuma, Spavinaw, Oklahoma and one great grandson, Malakai Foster, Kansas City, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George Tuma, two sons, Gerald and Mike Tuma and her parents.