Ruth Easton was born in Chesterland, Ohio on May 2, 1886, the daughter of Charles Fremont and Abbie Kelly Spencer Easton. She received her preparatory education in the Chesterland public schools and the Oberlin Academy where her father was a tutor in mathematics for two years.

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College in 1910, Miss Easton taught high school at Chesterland High School (1910-11), Herkimer, New York (1911-12), and Bloomfield, Ohio (1912-13). In 1913, she returned to Oberlin College where she was an assistant in the Secretary's Office under George Morris Jones (d. 1948) until her retirement in 1952. Her devotion to her work and her knowledge about the corporate affairs of the college rendered her invaluable. During 1930-31, she was also an assistant in the Office of the Registrar. She was a member of the Ladies Literary Society, an historic Oberlin College women's literary society.

Ruth Easton died in New London, Ohio on October 18, 1957. She was survived by a nephew, Jamin Easton (AB 1941). Her brother, Jamin Easton, (acad. 1907-09) and her cousin, Vernon G. Clark, (acad. 1905-07) also attended Oberlin College. In 1958, Oberlin College received a gift from her estate for the Ruth Easton Scholarship Fund.

Easton, Ruth. Oberlin College, 1948 Alumni Catalogue Report Blank.

Easton, Ruth. 1934 Quinquennial Report Blank, Oberlin College. March 11, 1935.

"Memorial Service for Miss Ruth Easton." Oberlin College News Bureau. October 21, 1957.

"Memorial Service Slated Friday for Ruth Easton". Elyria, Ohio Chronicle Telegram. October 23, 1957. n.p.

"Memorial Service Tomorrow Set for Miss Ruth Easton." Oberlin, Ohio News Telegram. October 24, 1957. n.p.

"Miss Ruth Easton." Elyria, Ohio Chronicle Telegram." October 19, 1957. n.p.

Obituaries. Oberlin College Alumni Magazine. March, 1958. n.p.

(Note: Copies of the above sources are located in the Staff and Student Files of Ruth Easton, RG 28.)