Ruth (nee Klingemann) Ward, 98

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Ruth (nee Klingemann) Ward entered the rest of the Lord on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

She was born December 28, 1910 in Chester, Illinois to Henry and Alice (nee Hornberger) Klingemann.

She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews and will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband Elmer J. "E.J." Ward.

Funeral services were held Sunday June 28, 2009 at Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary in St. Louis. Ruth was laid to rest Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lemay, Missouri.