Ruth Ceisner Skillman, 90, Indianapolis, died July 26,2017.  The only child of Katherine & Herman Ceisner, born January 21, 1927 in Buffalo, N.Y.  In 1938, at 15, she graduated from Kensington H.S. in Buffalo and saved her money while she worked so she could put herself through Purdue University.  In June 1949, she graduated in Chemistry from the School of Science at Purdue, she met her husband Jack, and they were married September 10,1949.  Among other places, they lived in Zaragoza, Spain for 6 1/2 years before coming to Indianapolis in August,1961.  Ruth was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, All Thumbs & Fall Creek Garden Clubs, The Indiana Association of Accredited Flower Show Judges Fraternity, and the Eagle Society of the Eiteljorg.  She and Jack were able to travel throughout the USA and the world.  A loving wife, and a member of the President’s Council of Purdue University, Mother and Grandmother, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Jack; she is survived by sons Stephen (Kathy) of Carmel, IN and Scott (Micha) of Austin, TX.  A daughter Susan died tragically in an automobile accident in 1973.  Granddaughters Lindsay Singh and Lauren Hebbel.  Also, her husband’s sister, Jane Palmer of Mill Valley, CA.  Friends may greet the family at Indiana Funeral Care/Harry W. Moore Chapel, Monday, July 31^st from 4:00 -6:00 p.m.  Funeral service will be Tuesday, August 1^st at 10:00 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.  In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions may be made to Bethlehem Lutheran Church or Lutheran Child & Family Services.  Arrangements: Indiana Funeral Care.