Middlebury, VT Ruth Clara Jacobs Ruth Clara Jacobs, 82, passed away Sunday morning January 19, 2014 at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. She was born May 8, 1931 in Middlebury, one of ten children of the late Philip and Clara (Danyew) Forrest. Ruth attended St. Marys School and later Middlebury High School. She married E. Frank Mueller of Las Vegas, NV and later married Abraham Jacobs. Together, with her husband Abe, they operated the Campus Theater in Middlebury for many years. Ruth was a member of the Middlebury American Legion Auxiliary and the Middlebury V.F.W. Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking and made great Syrian food. She also enjoyed traveling, camping, entertaining at family gatherings, and being a very social person. She is survived by her children, Richard Mueller and his wife Cindra of Athol, ID and Randy Jacobs and family of Rock Springs, WY; her siblings, Teresa Churchill and her husband Raymond and Francis Forrest, both of Middlebury; her close family and caregiver Michael Miller and Trish Reese of Middlebury; by three grandchildren, Leslie Fulham and her husband Adam, Shaun Jacobs and his wife Christine and Derek Mueller and his wife Stephaine; her two great-grandchildren, Kaleb Fulham and Gage Mueller; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; her brother-in-laws and sisters-in-law Sam and Ellen Jacobs and Joe and Barb Jacobs both of Essex Junction .and Anna Wilson of South Burlington. She was predeceased by her husband Abraham Jacobs in 2001, her son, Michael Mueller on Feb. 17, 2007 and by her daughter Kim Jacobs on Nov. 29, 2010; by her former husband E. Frank Mueller in 2013 and by her siblings, Bernice, Marion, Lucille, Kenneth, Robert, Raymond and Philip. Visiting hours will be on Wednesday January 22, 2014 from 4-7 P.M. at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 South Main Street, Middlebury. A memorial service will be held on Thursday January 23, 2014 at 11 AM at the funeral home with the Rev. William Elwell, officiating.. Burial will be at a later date in Prospect Cemetery, East Middlebury. Memorial contributions may be made to the Addison County Humane Society, 236 Boardman Street Middlebury, VT 05753. Arrangements are under the direction of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. www.sandersonfuneralservice.com