Ruthann Rhoad, 86, of King City, MO passed away September 18, 2024 in North Kansas City, MO.
Ruthann (Rainey) Rhoad was born March 10, 1938, to Wayne and Ruth (Frederick) Rainey at the King City home of her grandparents, George and Mattie Frederick.
She attended East Shepherd country grade school and graduated from King City High School in 1955.
On November 30, 1957, she married Everett Rhoad at the home of her parents east of King City with family and friends attending. They made their home for two years in St Joseph where both were employed before returning to King City for their remaining years.
Ruthann was a Christian woman and was a long-time member of the First Christian Church although she attended Hammer Memorial United Methodist Church serving as the treasurer for the Sunday School for many years.
Actively involved in the lives of her children, she served as a 4-H project leader for 25 years, baked thousands of items for bake sales and fundraisers and attended more concerts, ball games and track meets than you can count.
Ever the social butterfly, when she chose to go to work, she was always around people. First as a waitress in the café at the Stanberry Sale Barn and then in the King City R-1 School cafeteria until she retired 15 years later.
She was active on the King City Historical Museum board and made hundreds of pies for Living History Day.
She was a member of the Four Corners Saddle Club and the square-dancing group in the early 70s, Ruth’s Circle at church and the Lamplighters Club for almost 65 years.
Ruthann loved to travel and camp. Some of her favorite memories are from family vacations and multi-family camping adventures across the country. Their trip to the Holy Land, eating too many fresh Bing cherries in Montana, looking down from the St. Louis arch only to see the car lights were left on.
She loved playing cards and board games. She spent many an afternoon at the King City Senior Center playing hand and foot and enjoyed playing in pitch tournaments. Her and Everett hosted a foreign exchange student from Germany and that’s when Settlers of Catan became her favorite board game.
To say she had a sweet tooth is an enormous understatement. She would add sugar to everything including fresh fruit, tomatoes, you name it. She loved sour cream raisin pie, homemade cinnamon rolls with lots of goo and jelly donuts, actually, any kind of donut.
She cherished boat rides on the lake, playing the piano when no one was around and spending time with her family and friends.
Ruthann was preceded in death by her husband, Everett, on April 9th of this year, her parents and twin grandchildren, Theresa Mariah and Fredrick Malachi Rhoad.
Surviving are her three children, Kimberly Ann (Larry) Gonzalez, Scott Eric (Emily) Rhoad and Jill Diane (Chris) Rhoad-Cook, five grandchildren, Hannah (Kevin) Sartin, Elijah Rhoad, Rebekah Rhoad, Michaela and Jackson Rhoad-Cook, and four great-grandchildren, Noah, Sarah, Isaac and Isaiah Sartin. In addition, she is survived by her brother, Roger (Marilyn) Rainey and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 28 at the Hammer Memorial United Methodist Church, King City, MO under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, King City, MO. Burial will follow in King City Cemetery, King City, MO. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at the church.
