Ruth Niswander Hill (1924-2005)

HILL, PETERSON, NISWANDER, WILLEMSEN, CUMMINGS, HUTTON, FITES, OLSEN

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 7/1/2005 at 18:36:58

TRI-COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, June 30, 2005.

Ruth Niswander Hill, of Des Moines and Ankeny, passed away on June 27, 2005, at the age of 81 from complications of Alzheimer's at Bickford Cottage in Urbandale. The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, July 18, at Palestine Lutheran Church in Huxley. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. this Friday, July 1, at Hamilton's Funeral Home in Des Moines.

Ruth was born March 4, 1924 in Slater to Archie and Nellie Peterson. She was a graduate of Iowa Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing. Ruth married Lyle Niswander on Oct. 7, 1945, who passed away in 1987. She then married Herbert Hill on Aug. 24, 1990.

Survivors include her daughter, Dona (John) Willemsen; son, David (Becky Johnson) Niswander; grandchildren, Peter (Renee) Willemsen and Matthew (Renee) Willemsen, and Emily Willemsen; great grandsons, Max and Colin; step children, Pam (Tom) Cummings, Paula (Joe) Hutton, and Pen (Laurie) Hill; 6 step grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren; sister, Norma Fites; sister-in-law, Bonita Olsen; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial has been established with the American Alzheimer's Association.

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