Ruth Irene McArtor, 06 Dec 1920 – 09 Apr 2013

MCARTOR, WETHERELL, HOPWOOD, ROORDA, BAUMHAUER, DENNLER, BUCK, PENNEY, PROVIN, KLEINMEYER

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/2/2013 at 16:00:38

The Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Iowa County Obituaries – April 18, 2013
English Valleys Star – 17 Apr 2013
The Gazette 10 Apr 2013 (abbreviated)

Ruth McArtor, 92

Graveside service for Ruth I. McArtor, 92, North English, was held Friday, April 12, 2013, at the North English Cemetery. She died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.

Memorials may be made to Iowa County Lake and the P.I.N.E. Sign Project.

Powell Funeral Home, North English, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Ruth Irene McArtor was born Dec. 6, 1920, near North English, the daughter of Grant Lester and Sadie May Hopwood Wetherell. She grew up and lived in the North English area, graduating from North English High School in 1938.

She was a member of the North English Christian Church.

She married Wayne Earl McArtor May 8, 1940, in Cedar Rapids. She worked as a painter and paper hanger for 48 years. Her husband died in August 1999.

She loved to fish, watch the Iowa Hawkeyes and play pepper with the card club.

McArtor is survived by three sons, Larry and Coleen McArtor, Williamsburg; Richard McArtor, North English, and Charles McArtor, Iowa City; four grandchildren, Joleen and Todd Roorda, Jason and Renee McArtor, Heather and Drew Baumhauer, Chad Dennler; step-grandchildren, Jeff Buck and Sheridan Penney; eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two daughters, Beverly McArtor, in infancy, March 1941, and Kathy Buck, April 2007; an infant brother and brothers Lester and Gayle Wetherell; one sister, Mabel Provin, and a daughter-in-law, Carol (Kleinmeyer) McArtor.