Ruth Ivorine Pieske

Ruth Ivorine (Downing) Pieske passed away September 27, 2024, at the age of 94. Ruth was born August 27, 1930, to Stella Ivorine (Livingston) and Robert Edwin Downing just north of Green City, MO.
On June 28, 1950, Ruth married Amos Pieske and they made their home in Butte, Montana for several years before returning to Missouri and eventually settling near Boynton, Missouri on a small farm, and Ruth worked at Con Agra until she retired.
In 1989 Amos passed away and Ruth moved to Green City to be near her mother who was also a widow by that time.
In her younger years, Ruth enjoyed hunting and fishing with her husband in the Montana mountains and later here in Missouri. Ruth loved gardening and sharing her bounty with family and friends until a fall forced her in to assisted living at the Milan Health Care Facility until her passing.
Ruth was preceded in death by both her parents, four sisters, Alma Keller, Maxine Henderson Hyde, Bessie Sherwood, amd Ruby Brown, plus two brothers, Robert A. Downing and Charlie I. Downing, along with 3 nieces, Kae, Naomi, and Marsha.
Ruth is survived by three sisters, Pauline Dolezal, Opal Adkinson and Erma Downing and one brother, George L. Downing as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Ruth gave her life to the Lord at a young age and attended the Green City Assembly of God until her health confined her but her love of scripture and singing God's praises never ended.
Funeral services will be held 11:30 AM, Friday, October 4, 2024, at Ruschmeier-Smith Funeral Home in Milan, Missouri. Burial will follow at the Green City Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, starting at 10:30 AM at the funeral home.
Ruth will be dearly missed but never forgotten by her family and friends.