RUTH ANN MYERS

Ruth Myers, devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, neighbor, friend, teacher, colleague, gardener, parishioner, and volunteer, passed peacefully at her home in Atwater, California, at the age of 80, surrounded by the love and support of her beloved family.

Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late William Conrad Stumpf and Anna Ludmilla Vogle Stumpf, and was preceded in death by brothers Bill, James, Albert and George Stumpf and sister Dorothy Shrum.

Ruth earned a BA from California State University--Stanislaus and a MA in Education from Fresno Pacific University. She taught kindergarten at Atwater Elementary School for 22 years until her retirement in 2001. A thirty year member of the Atwater Garden Club & Camellia Society, where she served on the Board for thirty years, she was instrumental in establishing the Bloss Memorial Rose Garden. She was also a certified Garden and Flower Show Judge. She was an active member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Atwater and a Eucharistic Minister, where she volunteered her time at the Church's weekly bingo for many years. She served on many boards including the Yosemite Gateway District, and Atwater Elementary Teachers Association.

She enjoyed hosting large family dinners, playing competitive cards with family and friends, visiting with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, teaching and shaping young minds, gardening, tending to her prized roses and African violets, and mentoring peers, all the while continuing to volunteer her time and energies to church and community.

She is survived by her siblings Daniel Stumpf, Mary Shaffer, Sr. Leona Stumpf, Francis Stumpf, and Conrad Stumpf all of Pennsylvania; her children Ann Dotson - deceased, children Marie Foley (son Evan) and Kevin (Angel, children Star and Peyton); William and his wife Susan Worthman; Michelle Huber - deceased; Patti - deceased, husband Albert Mendes - deceased, children Michelle (husband Daniel Borba, children Antone and Patricia), Albert Jr. (wife Jameen, daughter Rhiley), Candace and Robert; Bob and his wife Jenette, children Kristina (daughter Alissa), Kathryn and Robert; Pamela and her husband Christopher Jambor, children Katie (husband Jody Allen sons Jaiden and Kyler) and Charles; John and his wife Bernadette, children Nicholas Lopez (wife Martha, children Sofia and Cecilia) and Tina Lopez; Lori Myers-Jantz and her husband Randy Jantz, children Reyes and Jacob; Susan and her husband Dr. Alan Kelton, children Devan and Andrew; George and his wife Jennifer; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Rosary will be held Friday, June 25, 2010 at St. Anthony's ChurcH, 1801 Winton Way, Atwater, California at 6 p.m. A funeral mass will be held Saturday, June 26, 2010 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at 10am, with the internment following at Winton Cemetery, Winton, CA.

Arrangements are entrusted to Wilson Family Funeral Chapel of Atwater.