WEBSep 11, 2024 · Ruth M. State, 97, of Tonawanda, died July 1, 2024. Born Aug. 28, 1926, in Buffalo, the daughter of Alton R. Dehlinger, a salesman, and Emma E. Dehlinger (Walsh), a homemaker, she attended Kensington High School. Employed as a file clerk at the Buffalo district office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the mid- and late 1940s, she […]