Ruth Florence (McVicker) GARRETT

MCVICKER, GARRETT, FINCHAM, GABRIELSON, JONES, SPIVEY, ENGLISH, HOWELL, COLYER, ROSS, VANDERBILT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/31/2009 at 10:26:33

Ruth Florence (McVicker) Garrett, 89, Independence, Mo., passed away January 28, 2009. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel; interment at Swan Lake Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Ruth was born October 8, 1919, in Eagle Grove, Iowa. She and her husband Walter Ray Garrett lived in Ft. Worth for 43 years before moving to Independence in 1995. She enjoyed growing and canning vegetables, camping and fishing. She was a lifelong member of the RLDS Church and loved to read the Scriptures. She was a good "Prayer Warrior". Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, in 2004; twin sister, Margaret Fincham; sisters Alice Gabrielson, Hazel Jones; brothers Clifford McVicker and Jay McVicker. She is survived by daughters Connie Spivey and husband David, Blue Springs, Mo., Donna English and husband Paul, Independence, Mo., Carol Howell and husband David, Texarkana, Ark.; sister Helen Colyer, Independence, Mo.; brothers David McVicker and wife Harriett, Independence, Mo., Danny McVicker and wife Carla, Bevier, Mo.; sister Vicki Ross, Pittsburgh, Pa.; grandchildren Keith Vanderbilt, Eric English and wife Sarah, Aaron Spivey, Jeff English, and great-grandchildren Nick, Abbey and Livi English. Arrangements are by Carson-Speaks Chapel.

Kansas City Star, Missouri
January 30, 2009