Lori (Harrison) Ruffin Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Lori (Harrison) Ruffin (Youngstown, Ohio), who passed away at the age of 61, on December 3, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
Though Lori has departed this earthly realm, her legacy endures — a legacy of love that will continue to illuminate the lives of family and friends in the darkest of hours. May her spirit soar on wings of eternal peace, forever cherished in the tender embrace of memory.
She is survived by: her daughters, Torrie Ruffin of Columbus and Kayla Ruffin of Columbus; her fiancé Calvin Collins; her siblings, Terri Whipple (Wallace) of Youngstown, Ohio, Cyrus Hawthorne (Beverly) of Orlando, Florida, Aaron Hawthorne (Tamika) of Columbus, Ohio and Eric Harrison of Hagerstown, Maryland.; and her close friends, Terri Kent and Carolyn Abbott.
She was also a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. which fosters the ideals of service, charity and scholarship thereby promoting community-conscious and action-oriented results which were aligned with her personal mantra.
