Ruth LaVelle (Blankinship) LININGER

BLANKENSHIP, LININGER, BOYINGTON, MOHR

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/20/2006 at 23:55:16

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
August 3, 2004

Ruth L. Lininger, 89, of North Liberty, died Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, in her home following a brief illness. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, First United Methodist Church, North Liberty, by the Rev. Alecia Williams. Burial: Ridgewood Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City and after noon Saturday at the church. Memorial donations can be made in Ruth's memory to Iowa City Hospice or First United Methodist Church of North Liberty.

Ruth LaVelle Blankenship was born Dec. 20, 1914, in rural Wright County, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas Walter and Rose Ella Jane (Boyington) Blankenship. She married Ervin Francis Lininger on Feb. 11, 1937, in Grundy Center, Iowa. Ruth and Ervin farmed in the North Liberty area for over 42 years before moving to town in 1981. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church in North Liberty, Whip-Poor-Will Club and the Nathaniel Fellows Chapter of DAR. Ruth and Ervin enjoyed traveling across the United States to see their family. Family was always so very important to her and her to them. Her family includes her daughter and husband, Virginia Ann and Richard Mohr of Potomac, Md.; her sons, Lloyd L. Lininger and wife Joanna of Sarasota, Fla., Melvin W. Lininger of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Neil E. Lininger and wife Jeraldine of Fallon, Nev.; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and dear friend, Vernon Detert of North Liberty. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin, on June 27, 1989; a brother, Marion Blankenship; and a granddaughter, Mary Jo Lininger. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Ruth's family and her services.