IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Ruth
Thomas
October 29, 1927 – January 27, 2016
Obituary
Ruth Thomas age 88 of LaBelle, Missouri passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016, in her sleep at the Life Care Center, Waynesville, Missouri near Fort Leonard Wood on Wednesday, January 27, 2016.
She was born on October 29, 1927, in Jefferson, Iowa the daughter of Melvin and Lucy Moore in Jefferson, Iowa. Her family moved to Marshall, Missouri where she went to school and worked at a Shoe Factory, and later Kraft Foods. Ruth married Jake Thomas November of 1950.
After moving to LaBelle in 1967, Ruth worked at home raising her son Michael. In 1972 she started working at the LaBelle School Cafeteria. In retirement, she did wood working and crafts, but her true passion was making quilts. Ruth was always supportive of her family and loved to travel. She visited her son and his family in multiple states as well as traveling to Germany to spend an Advent Season.
Ruth attended First Baptist Church LaBelle, Missouri and volunteered at the LaBelle Senior Center
Making quilts and rug rags.
Ruth is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jake, her sisters, Grace French of Marshall, MO and Mable Egan of Sweet Springs, MO.
She is survived by her son, Chaplain (Colonel) Michael Thomas and wife Sandy of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, grandchildren Ashley Ulrich and her husband Richard of Jeffersonville, Indiana and Curtis Thomas and his wife Audrey of St. Robert, Missouri as well as nieces, nephews and sister-in-law, Jean Teegarden of Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday. January 30, 2016, in the Coder Funeral Chapel in LaBelle, MO. Chaplain (Colonel) Michael Thomas will officiate the services. Burial will be in the LaBelle Cemetery. Music will be provided by David McKay.
Casket bearers will be Kenneth Rush, Kyle Clay, David Davis, Tony Hudson, Keith Tasco.
Visitation will be Saturday, January 30th from 9:00 AM till time of services in the Coder Funeral Chapel in LaBelle, MO.
Memorials may be made to the LaBelle Senior Center. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Coder Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 151, LaBelle, MO 63447.
She was born on October 29, 1927, in Jefferson, Iowa the daughter of Melvin and Lucy Moore in Jefferson, Iowa. Her family moved to Marshall, Missouri where she went to school and worked at a Shoe Factory, and later Kraft Foods. Ruth married Jake Thomas November of 1950.
After moving to LaBelle in 1967, Ruth worked at home raising her son Michael. In 1972 she started working at the LaBelle School Cafeteria. In retirement, she did wood working and crafts, but her true passion was making quilts. Ruth was always supportive of her family and loved to travel. She visited her son and his family in multiple states as well as traveling to Germany to spend an Advent Season.
Ruth attended First Baptist Church LaBelle, Missouri and volunteered at the LaBelle Senior Center
Making quilts and rug rags.
Ruth is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jake, her sisters, Grace French of Marshall, MO and Mable Egan of Sweet Springs, MO.
She is survived by her son, Chaplain (Colonel) Michael Thomas and wife Sandy of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, grandchildren Ashley Ulrich and her husband Richard of Jeffersonville, Indiana and Curtis Thomas and his wife Audrey of St. Robert, Missouri as well as nieces, nephews and sister-in-law, Jean Teegarden of Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday. January 30, 2016, in the Coder Funeral Chapel in LaBelle, MO. Chaplain (Colonel) Michael Thomas will officiate the services. Burial will be in the LaBelle Cemetery. Music will be provided by David McKay.
Casket bearers will be Kenneth Rush, Kyle Clay, David Davis, Tony Hudson, Keith Tasco.
Visitation will be Saturday, January 30th from 9:00 AM till time of services in the Coder Funeral Chapel in LaBelle, MO.
Memorials may be made to the LaBelle Senior Center. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Coder Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 151, LaBelle, MO 63447.
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