Graveside services for Ruth Ragan will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Balltown Cemetery in Horton, Missouri with Gary Schmidt officiating. There is no visitation. Contributions to Balltown Cemetery. Services under the direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri.
Ruth Ragan, age 87 of Nevada, Missouri died Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Moore Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born September 8, 1924 to Ica Francis and Alice Lenore Hadley Speakes in Hume, Missouri.
Ruth is survived by two nephews, Joe McIntire and wife Janet of Nevada, Missouri and Jerry McIntire and wife Debbie of Rich Hill, Missouri; three nieces, Janie Morrow and husband Lonnie of Butler, Missouri, Terry McIntire of Belton, Missouri and Kay Collier and husband Steven of Foster, Missouri; and other great-nephews and great-nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lyle Ragan in 1985; five brothers, Charlie, Jesse, Alvin, Eddie and Louis; and three sisters, Bessie, Nellie and Martha.
