10/22/2003
Graveside services for Ruth Margaret (Shoemaker) Waddell, 73, of Des Moines, who died Wednesday, Oct.
22, 2003, at her home, were held Saturday, Oct. 25, at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Ruth was born in Knoxville on October 4, 1930, the
daughter of Elmer Lawrence and Rita E. (Conway) Shoemaker.
She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1948, and in 1953 married John Harold Waddell (b.Sept 27, 19260-d.Jan 24, 2010)
She was preceded in death by her
parents; four brothers, Dale, Paul, Bill, and Gene; and a sister, Eva Thornburgh.
She is survived by her husband, John; five daughters, Paula (Sam) Mitchell of
Ogden, Mary (Rick) Deever, Loretta Waddell, and Teresa (John) Wyatt, all of Des Moines, and Kathleen
Waddell of Altoona; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister,
Carol Fee of Knoxville.