Ruth Frances Parnell, age 69, of Clinton, Missouri passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel in Clinton, Missouri with visitation from 6:00-7:00 PM prior to the service. Memorial contributions can be made to the GVMH Dr. James & Mrs Bourland Radiation Center and may be left in care of the funeral home.
Ruth was born on April 30, 1954 in Clinton, Missouri, to Otis and Mildred Stockdall. She went to Clinton High School and worked a variety of jobs throughout her life, retiring from Four Seasons in Home Services due to health reasons. She enjoyed the outdoors and loved camping, fishing and hunting for mushrooms. She enjoyed watching for deer and feeding the birds and squirrels. She was a fan of NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt, and rarely missed watching wrestling on TV. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents Otis and Mildred Stockdall and one bother Timothy Wayne Stockdall.
She is survived by her daughter Loretta K. (Kaytie) Stockdall of Clinton; one sister, Barbara Davidson of Mexico, Mo and seven brothers Raymond ‘Buddy’ Stockdall of Clinton, Joe (Peggy) Stockdall of Clinton, Mo, David Stockdall of Osceola, Mo, John Stockdall of Clinton, Mo, James (Michelle) Stockdall of Clinton, Mo, Paul Stockdall of Clinton, Mo and Otis (Debbie) Stockdall.
Ruth was a kind person and was generally liked by all she met. Her family and friends will dearly miss her.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri.