Ruth Marie Stroup, 73, died Wednesday March 24, 2021, at Park Lane
Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas. She was born July 12, 1947, in
Osmond, Nebraska the daughter of Walter Karl and Doris Marion (Fitchett)
Waterman.
Ruth married Donald Richard Stroup on December 5, 1965. The two of them
relocated their young family in 1980 to Garden City for Richard’s job.
Ruth worked at various places through the years such as Alco and doing
housekeeping but truly enjoyed raising a family and being a homemaker.
She loved to sew, embroider, bake, and have the whole family over for
pot roast on Sunday’s. Holidays and special occasions were sure to be
spent together with fellowship and food. Ruth could tell the story of
each child’s birth in great detail and was a proud matriarch of her
family. Her family remembers her feisty, fun-loving nature, drawing
fondly on the memories of many animals, lilac bushes, and the
never-ending garage sale she had. Every hour, on the hour Ruth’s
collection of clocks would start to sound off; each just a second from
the last with its’s own tune.
Survivors include her Children- Paul & Pam, Todd & Shelley, and
Beth & Marcus, Grandchildren- Kyla, Brooke, and Hunter,
Step-Grandchildren- Derrick and Amy, and Great-Granddaughter- Katalina.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00pm Monday March 29, 2021 at Garnand
Funeral Home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Ruth Stroup
Memorial Fund in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 412 N. 7th Street, Garden
City, KS 67846.