Ruth Thompson

Birth date: Dec 13, 1931 Death date: Sep 29, 2022

On September 29, 2022, Ames, Iowa lost a special citizen: longtime Ames resident, Ruth Hiatt Thompson. A native Nebraskan, Ruth was born in Diller, Nebraska in 1931, daughter of Clarence Wright Hiatt and Mae Deck Hiatt. In early c Read Obituary

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Cheryl Chatman

132w ago

I am so sorry to just hear about Ruth's passing through a mutual friend of ours. Ruth was such an inspiration to me when I was in graduate school at Iowa State University. I would credit her love and support as critical in the completion of my program! Even her name for me, "Sunshine," lifted my spirits every time I saw her and it helped me get through things that weren't going well for me. I knew that she believed in me!! She also celebrated the great things that were happening during my program and in my life too!

Ruth was so encouraging, patient, supportive, loving, caring, and was an amazing listener! We kept in touch after I left Iowa via phone calls and my occasional visits back to Iowa. I was touched when she sent me all of the cards I had given to her over the years. Ruth was so special to me and I will always love and remember her! She was a truly a shining star in my life, which I will forever be grateful!!!

Kay Swenson

168w ago

Ruth and I worked in Curtiss Hall and established a close friendship continuing when we retired. Over the years we enjoyed shopping escapades to DSM and afternoon chats over tea. We had Nov. birthdays so lunch and pie were always scheduled. Ruth loved to entertain and often invited friends for tea when family visited. Good friends like Ruth are rare and I truly miss her and think about her often. With deepest sympathy, Kay Swenson

Bruce Rippeteau

199w ago

Thank you, Aunt Ruth, and your then husband Roger, and your children Becky, Nancy, and Grant, for many, many kindness in 1965-8 when I came to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Thank you for being such a great lifetime, Nebraskan friend to my Mother Donna. And, later we so enjoyed visiting you in Ames as Sandra and I transited I-80/90, upstate NYS to and from Lincoln. During life, you were a very strong woman, mother, and aunt. We are poorer than you have passed on, but we will visit you often at your sepulchre. Love, Bruce and Family.

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