| Ruth Wilson October 9, 1917 May 10, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Marguerite McMurtrey E-mail = mcfarms@akslc.net Phone Number = 580-596-2025 Memorial Name = Ruth Wilson Comments = Glenda, Linda, and Sterling, I am so sorry about the death of your mother. Ruth was a sweet lady, a good mother and a good school cook. She will be missed. Name = Bethel & Marty Myers E-mail = martymyers@sbcglobal.net Phone Number = 580-596-2739 Memorial Name = Ruth Wilson Comments = Glen and Ruth were some of the first people we got to know afer we moved to Cherokee in 1956. Bethel worked for Glen after hours helping him plumb. We have stayed in contact with Ruth through the years and have set by her durng lunch at the Wheatheart Nutrition center. We will miss her. Bethel & Marty Myers Name = Jack McBroom E-mail = mcbroom@shentel.net Memorial Name = Ruth Wilson Comments = Ruth was a good friend to my Mother while she lived across the street. We appreciated that. Jack & Ann |
| Cherokee-Funeral service for Ruth Wilson will be Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 2:00 P. M. at the First Christian Church in Cherokee with Dr. Ron Hansen officiating. Burial will be in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. There will be no viewing but a guest book will be available for friends to sign at the funeral home on Monday from 10:00 until 4: 00 P.M. Ruth Alta (Gould) Wilson was born October 9, 1917 ten miles west of Cleo Springs, the daughter of Samuel Kay Gould and Ethel Ione (Webster) Gould and departed this life on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center. She was raised in the Cheyenne Valley area and attended Golden Valley Rural School and Cheyenne Valley School. On June 1, 1936, she and Glen Wilson were married in Alva and lived in Cheyenne Valley from 1937 until 1942 at which time they moved to Cherokee. Ruth worked at TG&Y from 1952 until 1960, first as bookkeeper and then as assistant manager. From 1965 until 1986 she worked at Cherokee High School Cafeteria as head cook, a job she was proud to do because of her contact with the students. Ruth was baptized with her father and son by Reverend Keller in 1946 and became a member of the First Christian Church. She was involved at her church with the Promise Group and Christian Women’s Fellowship. Ruth was a member of the Rebekah Lodge for over 45 years and was Past Noble Grand. She loved to knit, crochet and read. She also enjoyed being with her children, grandchildren and friends. Surviving Ruth are her children, Sterling G. Wilson of Paris, Texas, Glenda R. Stuckey and her husband, Charles of Ponca City and Linda Lou Turner and her husband, John of San Antonio, Texas; six grandchildren, Cinda L. Lockhart and husband, Barry, Karl G. Stuckey and wife, Cindy, John S. Turner and wife, Kasey, L. Erik Stuckey and wife, Kerri, Kelly D. Turner and wife, Diane, and Emily R. Folsom and husband, Nathan; ten great-grandchildren, Hollie C. Lockhart, Hannah R. Lockhart, Heather M. Lockhart, Makenna M. Stuckey, Joshua C. Stuckey, Gwendolyn Anna Turner, Tyler G. Stuckey, Haley D. Stuckey, Benjamin Turner and Lucas Turner. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Glen; her father, Samuel Kay Gould; her mother, Ethel Webster Gould and two sisters, Ruby Proffitt and Marion Evans David. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church through Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. |
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