Ruth L. Ferdig 1929-2012

FERDIG CHEAPKA WICKEY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/7/2012 at 10:54:40

Sioux City Journal
June 19, 2012

Ruth L. Ferdig, 83 of Iowa City, formerly of Sioux City, died Sunday, June 17, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Welsh United Church of Christ, Iowa City, Iowa, with the Rev. Jerry Stevenson presiding. Burial will follow in Welsh Pioneer Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Brosh Chapel, 100 S. Cedar St., Solon, Iowa. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com.

Ruth was born Jan. 6, 1929, in Sioux City, the daughter of John and Anna (Cheapka) Wickey. She married George Ferdig on Feb. 22, 1947, in Sioux City.

Ruth was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was an avid bingo player and will be missed by her family, her close friends Bonnie Hauser and Darlene Sheldon and her dog, Mandy.

Ruth is survived by her children, Sandra (Bruce) Cook of Urbandale, Iowa, Diana (Russ) Hradek of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Randy (Luanne) Ferdig of Solon and Rick Ferdig (Elaine Donner) of Rifle, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Nicole Cook, Traci (James) Clarke, Jennifer A. Ferdig, Jaclyn Ferdig, Jessica Ferdig, Jennifer I. Ferdig, Julia Ferdig and William Hradek; two great-grandchildren, Samantha and Lucas Clarke; siblings, Opal Sturgeon of Sioux City, Phyllis Lovejoy of LaVerne, Calif., Joanne Goedicke of Des Moines, Francis (Shirley) Wickey of Sioux City, Ray (Carolyn) Wickey of Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Gene (Gloria) Wickey of Tucson, Ariz.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband, George; and an infant daughter, Pamela.

The family would like to thank all the doctors and nurses at Mercy Hospital Iowa City ICU for their special care of Ruth.

Memorials may be directed to the family.