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Birth	:	9 Apr 1910 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	10 Jul 1994 Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.1422195, -93.3658295
Description	:	Ruth M. Smith, 84, of Clear Lake, died Sunday, July 10, 1994, at North Iowa Mercy Health Centers east campus. Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday), July 13, at 2 p.m. at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. She will be cremated and interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery at a later time. The family suggests memorials to the United Methodist Church or the Parkinsons Foundation. She was born April 9, 1910 in Clear Lake, the daughter of Nathaniel Brown Miller and Hattie Amelia Leach Miller. She grew up in Emory,... Read More	Ruth M. Smith, 84, of Clear Lake, died Sunday, July 10, 1994, at North Iowa Mercy Health Centers east campus. Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday), July 13, at 2 p.m. at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. She will be cremated and interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery at a later time. The family suggests memorials to the United Methodist Church or the Parkinsons Foundation. She was born April 9, 1910 in Clear Lake, the daughter of Nathaniel Brown Miller and Hattie Amelia Leach Miller. She grew up in Emory, Iowa, and attended Mason City High School. She graduated from Hamilton Business College and worked for the W.L. Patton Insurance Company in Mason City for 11 years. On Oct. 6, 1935 she married R. Max Smith in Mason City, Iowa. The couple lived in Mason City until March 1, 1945 when they moved to Clear Lake. Ruth was a dearly loved and treasured wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She took up sculpting at the age of 60 and became known as "The Grandma Moses of the Clay Pits." Ruth touched the lives of many people with her kindness, gentleness, humor and with her sculptures, the majority of which were biblical characters. Her busts of Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child, along with John Wesley, reside in the Clear Lake United Methodist Church where Ruth was a member. She is survived by her husband, Max, of Clear Lake; three children, Jane Arevalo and her husband, Bob of Leavenworth, Kan., Pete Smith and his wife, Retta, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Judy Smith, of Seattle, Wash.; six grandchildren, Alan Arevalo, Robin Arevalo Cradic, Zachary Smith, Josh Smith, Corey Smith and Seth Smith; and two great-grandchildren, Stephen Cradic and Emily Cradic. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Merle Miller and Harold Miller. Transcribed by Pat Ludeke

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Ruth Hanna Miller Smith's memorial is located at: Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, USA.
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Ruth Hanna Miller Smith death on 10 Jul 1994 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.1422195
Longitude: -93.3658295

Family Members:

Parent

Nathaniel Brown “Nate” Miller

(1879 - 1966)

Hattie Amelia Leach Miller

(1879 - 1955)

Spouse

Ralph Maxwell Smith

(1911 - 1995)

Siblings

Harold A. Miller

(1902 - 1984)

Merle V. Miller

(1908 - 1909)

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