Ruth Elizabeth Tarlton, 80, died on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. Born in Ashland, Pennsylvania, she was the only child of Ethelbert and Annamae Umlauf Tarton. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at St. Agnes Church in Lake Placid. Calling hours immediately preceded the Mass. She will be buried with her parents in Skyview Memorial Cemetery in Hometown, Pennsylvania, at a later date. The M. B. Clark, Inc. Funeral home in Lake Placid is in charge of arrangements.