Iva Ruth Purdham Buettner Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Iva Ruth Purdham Buettner of Winchester, Virginia, who passed away at the age of 85, on May 4, 2026. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Eva Elizabeth (Moreland) and Harry Lee Purdham of Gambrils, MD.. She is survived by: her husband Henry; her children, Jeffrey Buettner, Melissa Bartenslager (Brock) and Laura Buettner; her grandchildren, Sarah Bartenslager-Gallagher (Cameron Gallagher), Skylar Norris, Zachary Buettner (Elizabeth), Tucker Bartenslager, Liza Phillips (Jack), Hunter Ritter, Riley Buettner, Elizabeth Bartenslager and Clay Bartenslager; her brothers, Vernon Purdham (Frances) and Ronald "Billy" Purdham (Jennifer); her grandson Jeb Bartenslager; and her siblings, Peggy Clark (Bunk), Katherine Fisher, Harry Purdham (Sylvia) and Dwayne Purdham. She is also survived by other nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be sent in memory of Ruth Buettner to Winchester Church of God.