Ruth Ellen McCleary
Rock Springs, WY
Ruth Ellen McCleary, 83 years, passed to heaven on September 30, 2011 in Wyoming.
Ruth was born August 7, 1928 in Taft, CA to George and Martha (Pearson) Gross.
On May 18, 1946 Ruth and Claude McCleary were united in marriage in Ava, MO and to this union six children were born.
Ruth was retired and had worked in Excelsior Springs, MO, a grocery store in Lawson, MO and also in worked in Kansas City, MO.
She was a Christian. She enjoyed long drives in the country, gardening, working puzzles and nature.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Claude in 1999, a son, David and a sister, May Pasley.
Ruth is survived by five children, Darrell and Dale McCleary both of Winston, MO, Connie McCleary, Rock Springs, WY, Vickie McCleary, Lawson, MO and Rebecca McCleary, Gladstone, MO, 14 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Ruth will be Thursday, October 6, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO with burial in the Blanche Cemetery, east of Ava. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the funeral home. Officiating will be Rev. "Butch" McCleary.