Lillie Ruth McCourt

Lillie Ruth (Skidmore) McCourt passed away Sunday, August 31, 2025, at age 92. Born in Webster Springs, West Virginia to the late Thomas and Besse (Utt) Skidmore. She met and married Reverend Ishmald Fulton McCourt on March 12,1951. They soon moved to Medina, Ohio, where Fulton worked at the G.M. plant and Ruth helped raise their family of five. Her favorite past times were garage sales and finding good deals at Goodwill. Ruth loved little kids and especially holding all the babies. She was a Sunday School Teacher for many years at Medina Union Mission Church that she helped build and founded with her husband. She is preceded in death by her husband to whom she was married to for 57 years before his passing in 2008; siblings, Dora, Minter, Ida, Ethel, Frasy, Doy, Daisy, Elza, Maggie, Jessie, Leonard, and Johnny; her infant grandson who passed in 1972, Mitchell McCourt. Lillie is survived by her children, Bardner McCourt, Thomas McCourt (Mary), Zelma 'Kay' Cogar (David Dowdle), Mark McCourt (Katie), and Lisa McCourt-Kinser (Scott); grandchildren, Emily Leonardi (Russ), Cheryl Johnson (Mike), Shelly Simpson (Michael), Ethan McCourt, Rachel McCourt (Ty), Grace McCourt, Isaac McCourt, Aaron Walter, and Jessica Walter; great-grandchildren, Jarrod Bukszar Jr., Hannah Smith (Joshua), Aden Johnson (Jessica), Izzi Simpson, Brendan Simpson, Jaxtyn Walter, and Wyatt Walter; sister, Hazel Hamrick; sisters-in-law, Geneva (Neb) Rook (Ronald), Jenean (Neanie) Fetzer; many nieces and nephews that all loved their aunt Ruth very much. Visitation will be held Thursday, September 4, 2025, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Waite Funeral Home, 765 N. Court St. Medina. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Waite Funeral Home. Interment to follow at Spring Grove Cemetery. Memories and condolences may be left at www.waitefuneralhome.com