A family graveside service for Ruth Irene Hunter, 86, of Enid, will be 11 a.m. today on Bethany Cemetery on Southgate Road with Rev. Tom Donaldson and Shorty Unruh officiating. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. today at Bethlehem Baptist Church on South 66th Street (Pioneer Road). Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice Circle of Love or Bethlehem Baptist Church Building Fund with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.

Ruth was born Dec. 15, 1920, in Enid to Carl and Olive Wilson Hyde and passed away Sunday, May 13, 2007, at Golden Oaks Nursing Center after a short illness.

She attended and graduated from Pioneer High School.

She married Harold V. Hunter May 15, 1941, in Enid and he passed away July 31, 1995. Ruth and her husband, Harold, farmed southeast of Enid in the Pioneer School community and raised wheat and Polled Hereford cattle. They lived in Washington, D.C., several years while Harold served in the Reagan Administration, and she enjoyed showing friends from home around the nation’s capitol. She and Harold traveled many places in the world, spending three months in Afghanistan on one trip. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Ruth was active in several organizations, including the Jr. Farmerette Extension Club, Oklahoma Pollettes and Sons and Daughters of the Cherokee Strip.

Ruth enjoyed doing volunteer work at Integris Bass Baptist Hospital, delivering mobile meals to shut-ins, serving at her church, guiding tours and helping with exhibits at the Museum of the Cherokee Strip and organizing entries at the Garfield County Fair. She won many prizes at the fair on her sewing and cooking. She was a collector of dolls making many dolls herself. She did extensive family genealogy tracing her ancestors back many generations.

She leaves behind two children, Losco and Connie Hunter of Stillwater, and Mona and John Loewen of Waukomis, OK; five grandchildren, Devin Hunter of Chicago, Ill., Christine Hunter of Centerville, VA, Ron and Kitty Loewen of Knoxville, TN, Bob and Dawn Loewen of Austin, TX, Jennifer and Tom Cavill of Cincinnati, OH (temporarily in Sydney, Australia); seven great-grandchildren, Lucy Loewen, Will Loewen, Annie Loewen, Jessie Loewen, Loewen Cavill, Camden Cavill and Ayden Cavill; and one brother, Walter and Loraine Hyde of Duncan, OK.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and two half-brothers.

Condolences may be e-mailed to ladusauevans@suddenlinkmail.com.

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