| Ruth Vawter November 22, 1919 April 24 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 |
| Cherokee-Funeral service for Ruth Elberta Hibbard Vawter, age 88, will be Monday, April 28, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma with Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery near Jet with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Viewing will be Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. and Sunday 2:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. with the family present from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. Ruth was born on November 22, 1919 to Roy O. Hibbard and Maggie Hiner Hibbard in their farm home near Waldron, Kansas and died on April 24, 2008 at Share Nursing Home in Alva. She graduated from Anthony High School in Anthony, Kansas in 1937, attended Business College in Wichita, Kansas and worked for Farmers Oil Company in Anthony. On June 29, 1952 she married Ray Vawter and moved to the farm in the Vining Community near Jet, Oklahoma until 2003 when she moved to Cherokee. She was a faithful member of the Vining Community Church. She is survived by her two daughters, Marilyn Friend and husband, John of Freedom, Oklahoma and Janet Maltbie and husband, James of Burlington, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Corey Friend and wife, Emalee, Royce Friend and wife, Emily, Sarah Beeley and husband, Roy, William Maltbie and Jenna Maltbie; five great grandchildren, Jordan and Jasper Beeley, Lizzie and Adelyn Friend and Katie Friend; one sister, Hazel Cantrell and husband, Clifford “Pete” of Attica, Kansas. . Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ray in 1969 and two sisters, Helen Stark and Kathryn Ellen. Memorials may be given to Nescatunga Fire Department or Vining Community Church youth Group through the funeral home. |
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