Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameKamuanya Ruth PHIPPS 
365,470, Lois Lavelle Phipps Brown,470, Margie Lee Phipps Shick-Obituary Information,470, Kamuanya Ruth Phipps Metzel-Obituary Information
365,470, Lois Lavelle Phipps Brown,470, Margie Lee Phipps Shick-Obituary Information,470, Kamuanya Ruth Phipps Metzel-Obituary InformationBirthNov 22, 1926, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia470, Kamuanya Ruth Phipps Metzel-Obituary Information
DeathMar 21, 2020470, Kamuanya Ruth Phipps Metzel-Obituary Information
BurialRiverview Cemetery, 420 Rosser Ave, Waynesboro City, Virginia, 22980470, Kamuanya Ruth Phipps Metzel-Obituary Information
FatherRev. Charles Henry PHIPPS (1884-1955)
Mother“Ruth” Ruth LaVelle PATTERSON (1887-1963)
Obituary Online notes for Kamuanya Ruth PHIPPS
Kamuanya Ruth Phipps Metzel was born on November 22, 1926 in Princeton WV, but grew up in Waynesboro VA.
She graduated from Mary Washington College at the age of 19, taught math in Waverly VA, and worked for the Federal Reserve Bank. Then, in 1949, she set sail for the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) to work with church missions. She returned to the US in 1952, earned a degree in Christian Education, and married the Reverend William Metzel in 1954, forever. They worked in Congo for most of their joint career, but also served churches in Virginia and North Carolina. She was known for joy, strong will, faith, hospitality, and love radiating to all she met.
She passed away March 21, 2020, and is survived by her husband; by three of her children, Sarah Metzel Adams, John Metzel and Daniel Metzel; by son-in-law David Adams and daughters-in-law Joann Lindenmayer (widow of Jeffrey Metzel) and Amy Byrnes Metzel; by grandchildren Ruth Metzel, Samuel Metzel, Daniel Metzel, Rebekah Adams, Hannah Metzel, Sarah Metzel, Jeffrey Metzel, and Aylin Metzel; and by her great-grandchildren Jaxsin Metzel, Olivander Metzel, and Julia Metzel.
She graduated from Mary Washington College at the age of 19, taught math in Waverly VA, and worked for the Federal Reserve Bank. Then, in 1949, she set sail for the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) to work with church missions. She returned to the US in 1952, earned a degree in Christian Education, and married the Reverend William Metzel in 1954, forever. They worked in Congo for most of their joint career, but also served churches in Virginia and North Carolina. She was known for joy, strong will, faith, hospitality, and love radiating to all she met.
She passed away March 21, 2020, and is survived by her husband; by three of her children, Sarah Metzel Adams, John Metzel and Daniel Metzel; by son-in-law David Adams and daughters-in-law Joann Lindenmayer (widow of Jeffrey Metzel) and Amy Byrnes Metzel; by grandchildren Ruth Metzel, Samuel Metzel, Daniel Metzel, Rebekah Adams, Hannah Metzel, Sarah Metzel, Jeffrey Metzel, and Aylin Metzel; and by her great-grandchildren Jaxsin Metzel, Olivander Metzel, and Julia Metzel.