Ruth Cheney was born to Ernest E. and Nettie Mehalia (Culver) Rhode. She passed away at the Brookside Retirement Community nursing home in Overbrook, Kansas at the age of 91. As a young girl, she attended Eureka public schools and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1933. She worked in a clothing store and as an office clerk until she married Howard Vance Cheney on March 11, 1939. Howard passed away in 1998. Ruth was a member of the Grainfield United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, and a local EHU. She was an avid 4-H supporter and volunteered for the American Cancer Society. Hobbies included traveling, knitting, playing bridge in several card groups, and planting flowers. She treasured the times spent with family and friends. Survivors include two sons, Niles Vance Cheney and wife, Sherril, Ventura, CA, Timothy Cheney and wife, Phoebe, King City, CA; a daughter, Patricia Thompson and husband, Everett, Quenemo; seven grandchildren, Jeffrey Cheney, San Francisco, CA, Todd Cheney and wife, Pin, Turkey, Katherine Stirtz and husband Brent, Topeka, Jennifer Ries and husband, Dave, Kansas City, MO, Paula Cheney, Megan Cheney and Derek Olson, all of King City, CA; and six great-grandchildren, Louisa, Adeline and Benjamin Stirtz, all of Topeka, Nathan Vance Cheney, Anny and Nattisha Oopapan, all of Turkey. Preceeding her in death was her husband, Howard, two brothers, Cecil Rhode and Leo Rhode; two sisters, Bernice West, Zelma Murphy; and a half-sister Leona Keown. Ruth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. We will miss her, but we know that she is sheltered and safe from pain and sorrow.
Ruth Cheney was born to Ernest E. and Nettie Mehalia (Culver) Rhode. She passed away at the Brookside Retirement Community nursing home in Overbrook, Kansas at the age of 91. As a young girl, she attended Eureka public schools and graduated from Eureka High School with the class of 1933. She worked in a clothing store and as an office clerk until she married Howard Vance Cheney on March 11, 1939. Howard passed away in 1998. Ruth was a member of the Grainfield United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, and a local EHU. She was an avid 4-H supporter and volunteered for the American Cancer Society. Hobbies included traveling, knitting, playing bridge in several card groups, and planting flowers. She treasured the times spent with family and friends. Survivors include two sons, Niles Vance Cheney and wife, Sherril, Ventura, CA, Timothy Cheney and wife, Phoebe, King City, CA; a daughter, Patricia Thompson and husband, Everett, Quenemo; seven grandchildren, Jeffrey Cheney, San Francisco, CA, Todd Cheney and wife, Pin, Turkey, Katherine Stirtz and husband Brent, Topeka, Jennifer Ries and husband, Dave, Kansas City, MO, Paula Cheney, Megan Cheney and Derek Olson, all of King City, CA; and six great-grandchildren, Louisa, Adeline and Benjamin Stirtz, all of Topeka, Nathan Vance Cheney, Anny and Nattisha Oopapan, all of Turkey. Preceeding her in death was her husband, Howard, two brothers, Cecil Rhode and Leo Rhode; two sisters, Bernice West, Zelma Murphy; and a half-sister Leona Keown. Ruth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. We will miss her, but we know that she is sheltered and safe from pain and sorrow.
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