Funeral services for Ruth Shipley will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2005 at the First Christian Church in Trenton. Rev. Daryl Mayfield will officiate.
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Ruth Shipley, an 80-year-old resident of 215 Ellison St. died at 2:15 a.m. Thursday, March 31, 2005 at Liberty Hospital in Liberty.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2005 at the First Christian Church in Trenton. Rev. Daryl Mayfield will officiate.
A family visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the church.
Mrs. Shipley was born Dec. 24, 1924 on a farm in Sullivan County, the daughter of Miles and Hazel Hamilton Harris Williams. She was raised in the Humphreys area and graduated from Galt High School.
On April 24, 1943 she was united in marriage to Alfred L. Shipley near Browning. He preceded her in death on Aug. 1, 1998.
After their marriage, the couple lived on farms in the Galt and Princeton areas before moving to Trenton in 1960. Mrs. Shipley had been employed as a personal secretary to Leroy Miller at the firm of Miller, Seidel and Haven for 43 years prior to her retirement.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, Trenton Rotary Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Shipley is survived by one son, Gary Shipley and his wife, Glenda of Holts Summit; a sister, Alice Freerksen of Kansas City; three grandchildren, Jeffrey Shipley and his wife, Tami, Beth Dudenhoeffer and her husband, Sam, and Evan Polly and his wife, Courtney; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Shipley was preceded in death by a sister, Geraldine Crouch.
The family has suggested memorial contributions be made to the First Christian Church or the charity of the donor?s choice. These may be left at or mailed to the Whitaker Eads Funeral Home, 813 Custer St., Trenton, MO 64683.
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