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Tiffany Shae (Ritter) Runyon Obituary

Tiffany Shae (Ritter) Runyon Obituary

Elkhart, IN - Tiffany Shae (Ritter) Runyon

September 24, 1991 - February 6, 2023


Tiffany was born September 24, 1991, to Shelly R. Powell and Gregory R. Ritter. On March 28, 2020, she married the love of her life Clayton Edward Runyon.

Surviving Tiffany are her husband Clayton, son Daltin Lee Slabach, son Cannon Edward Runyon and daughter Dorothy Mae Runyon. Her mother Shelly, sister Taneshia (Jason Ragsdale) Ritter, grandparents Robert and Karen Newland, uncles Joseph Montgomery and Richard Ritter, nephews Kaidyn Rogers, Malikkii Ritter, Ezeakiel Ragsdale and Jakobey Ragsdale, and her mother and father-in-law Judy and Clayton Runyon. She had many close relatives who she loved dearly also.

Preceding Tiffany in death was her father Gregory Robert Ritter and grandparents Robert and Margaret Ritter and Joseph Montgomery.

Tiffany passed away at the age of 31 in a serious car accident on Monday, February 6, 2023. Tiffany excelled in all the roles she played including that of wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. She loved intensely and her bright grin was always so welcomed to everyone who entered her world.

She helped anyone who was in need, whether it was speaking out against child abuse at the courthouse, giving care packages to the homeless, making hats, organizing weight loss challenges, always supporting small businesses, wearing her own hard hat, and drawing up blueprints for construction projects. She was a powerful woman who played a variety of roles and had a significant number of other accomplishments as well. She was a great advocate for the cause, as well as caregiver. She was a "Trash The Dress" model, Boudoir model and themed session model.

Tiffany was a godly woman who had the biggest heart and a powerful life. When someone needed help, they could always count on her to give it to them. She put in a lot of work and was very creative when playing with her kids. Because of her intelligence she was dubbed the "Girl with the google brain".

She previously auditioned for Michiana Idol and received a callback; she organized a "Walk a Mile with Me" to benefit Save the Children in downtown Goshen. Tiffany was handy with hammer and nails; she nursed her terminally ill father to the end of this life; She managed to bring up three children and run a successful small business. She just kept going and going and going.

Visitation will be Friday February 24, 2023, at Grace Community Church on C.R. 21 in Goshen, Indiana from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with a Celebration of Life Service to begin at 1:00 p.m.

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Elkhart, IN - Tiffany Shae (Ritter) Runyon

September 24, 1991 - February 6, 2023


Tiffany was born September 24, 1991, to Shelly R. Powell and Gregory R. Ritter. On March 28, 2020, she married the love of her life Clayton Edward Runyon.

Surviving Tiffany are her husband Clayton, son Daltin Lee Slabach, son Cannon

Published on February 20, 2023

Events

Celebration of life

Friday, February 24, 2023

1:00 pm

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