Ruth Ella Sirrine was born February 7, 1925 in Paris, Idaho, the daughter of James Warren and Catherine Sirrine. She graduated from Montpelier High School in 1943. She married James Dudley Cushman June 30, 1946 in Dingle, Idaho.  She died November 20, 1985 in Logan, Utah and was buried in the Avon Cemetery in Cache County, Utah.