Ruth Barton

JEANETTE RUTH BARTON OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN NOVEMBER 9, 1921 IN BELGRADE, MISSOURI. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER AND ESTELLA (HORTON) IVES. RUTH DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 21, 2003 AT THE POTOSI MANOR HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TWELVE DAYS.
SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ROBERT K. BARTON ON JULY 3, 1939 IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF 63 YEARS, ROBERT K. BARTON OF IRONDALE, TWO DAUGHTERS, BRENDA JANE GUGGENBERGER AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF BISMARCK AND RHONDA MEREDITH WIMBERLEY AND HUSBAND LARRY OF BISMARCK, TWO SONS, ROBERT CARL BARTON OF IRONDALE AND MICHAEL KELLY BARTON AND WIFE ANNIE OF POTOSI, FOUR SISTERS, INA LOU JARVIS AND HUSBAND RONALD OF PEVELY, ALTA JEAN IVES OF IRONDALE, SHIRLEY HALL AND HUSBAND MARION OF WARRENSBURG AND MARTHA BROWN AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF IRONDALE, FOUR BROTHERS, ALBERT IVES AND WIFE BETTE OF IRONDALE, LEO IVES AND WIFE NANCY OF IRONDALE, MICK IVES AND WIFE ROSEMARY OF DESLOGE AND GERALD IVES AND WIFE RACHEL OF ST. LOUIS, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILD. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, JUDITH IVES AND TWO GRANDSONS, LARRY BLAINE WIMBERLEY AND RYAN BERNARD BARTON.
RUTH WAS A LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE IRONDALE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, THE PIANIST AND SECRETARY. SHE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR CHAPTER #166 IN IRONDALE AND LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE V.F.W. #6947 LADIES AUXILIARY IN BISMARCK. SHE ENJOYED READING, GOING TO CHURCH AND ATTENDING THE O.E.S. FUNCTIONS. RUTH WAS A WONDERFUL PIANO PLAYER AND EVERYONE AT THE POTOSI MANOR LOVED TO LISTEN TO HER PLAY. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003 AND 10:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED 2:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2003 AT THE IRONDALE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND BRUCE TORRENCE OFFICIATING. MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY DAVID MILLS. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, MICHAEL BARTON, ZACHARY MCCLAIN, MARK WIMBERLEY, CORY CLARK, JANE FAIRCLOTH, HEATHER BIESTER, DARREN MCCLAIN AND JIMMY RIESS.