Ruth Oswalt Walker, née Ruth Oswalt, previously known as Ruth O Frost, age 94 died April 16, 2023, in Brookdale Senior Living Community Apartments in Richland, Washington. Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Einan’s at Sunset Funeral Home in Richland, WA; 2:00-6:00 pm. Gravesite services will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, with Pastor Scott Wells officiating preceding Ruth’s funeral at Einan’s at Sunset Gardens.

Ruth Walker is survived by her children which include Bruce Frost (son) and wife Lynne-St. Louis, MO; Robin (son) and wife Zina-West Richland, WA; Myra Frost (daughter)-Norfolk, VA; Andra Frost (daughter)-Richland, WA. Grandchildren/Great Grandchildren include Chris Frost (grandson) and wife Renee and great-grandchildren Emma, Ethan, and Evan; Daniel Baer (grandson); Jason Frost (grandson) and wife Alissa and great-grandchildren Daniel and Delaney; Justin Frost (grandson) and wife Heidi and great-grandchildren Garrett and Grayson; Travis Frost (grandson) and wife Bethany and great-grandchildren Maximillian and Violet. Ruth was preceded in death by her loving husbands Richard (Dick) Walker, and Robert C. Frost, her daughter Twyla Frost, her brothers Dean, Macon, Robert, Paul, and Roy Oswalt, and her parents, Andrew Curtis and Ida Pearl Oswalt. Ruth was born in Fayette, Alabama on September 18, 1928. She grew up on a farm surrounded by her loving family where she was the youngest of 6 children with 5 older brothers. Here she learned the value of hard work and the importance of her Christian faith. After high school graduation Ruth attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where she met her future husband Robert Frost. They were married in 1948 and after Robert’s graduation, they moved with their first-born child from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Richland, Washington in 1950. Ruth was a homemaker and raised 5 children while Robert pursued an engineering and operations career in the Hanford Atomic Works Reservation. Later in Ruth’s life she was divorced and married Richard (Dick) Walker. They shared time and traveled together until Dick’s passing. Ruth later became a resident of over 10 years at the Brookdale Senior Living Community in Richland, Washington.

Ruth was a long-time member of the Richland Baptist Church where she was the church secretary for many years and raised her family in a Christian home attending Sunday church service, summer vacation Bible School and Wednesday night pot-luck dinner gatherings at the church. She was an accomplished seamstress providing clothing making, alterations, and repairs to many faithful customers. Later she became a Dosimetry Administrator for Battelle Northwest before retirement.

Ruth viewed her most important job as being a homemaker and raising 5 children, of whom she was very proud like a “mother duck” made sure the children always stayed together, from cross-country train travel to Alabama with 5 kids in tow to camping in the Pacific Northwest, to raising a grandson, she worked tirelessly to ensure the family had great vacations and demonstrated love that would never fail. Ruth loved the artist Thomas Kincaid’s photos and collected sewing thimbles and small wooden boxes with secret drawers. She was loved by her friends and family for her humor, gentleness, kindness, and her faith which graced her character throughout her full life.

Donations may be sent to Richland Baptist Church, 1632 George Washington Way, Richland, Washington