Obituary of Ruth Aileen Schrader

Ruth A. Schrader Newton Graveside funeral services for Ruth A. Schrader, 85, of Newton, Iowa, will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2008 at Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville, Iowa. Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements. Ruth, the daughter of Roy L. and Rachel Ann (Kenworthy) Peterson, was born November 25, 1922 in Knoxville, Iowa. She was a graduate of the Knoxville Senior High School, Class of 1940. Ruth was a homemaker, and was employed by Bellamy Telephone in Knoxville and United Telephone Company in Newton, as a phone operator. Ruth had devoted her life to her family, and was a member of the local V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary, where she was past president. Ruth enjoyed spending time with her family, her cat Sarah, her flower gardens, quilts and playing bingo. Ruth died on Sunday evening, May 11, 2008 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother in infancy. Those left to honor Ruths memory include her daughters: Judy (David) Robinson of Newton and Dawnetta (Don) Pitt of Marshalltown, Iowa; a son Charles Swayne of Albuquerque, New Mexico; her four grandchildren: Kellie (Robinson) Evers, David Michael Robinson, Renee (Pitt) Sporeleder, and Terri (Pitt) Murray; eight great-grandchildren: Job, Suzanne, Dallas, Marisa, Nathan, Kaitlyn, Tayler and Blake; a great-great granddaughter Heidi Jo; and her many good neighbors and friends.