Ruth Mae Shriver, 87, of Allison, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013, at the Waverly Heath Center in Waverly, Iowa. She was born on October 6, 1925, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, to John H. and Della L. (Whitesell) Stout. Ruth graduated from West High School in Waterloo and from Pitsies Beauty School in Waterloo. She was united in marriage to Alden Ray Shriver on March 23, 1946, in Waterloo. Ruth was a hair dresser earlier in her life. She enjoyed painting, volunteering and caring for her grandchildren. Ruth is survived by her daughter Ruth Ann Shriver and her husband Jeffrey A. Blank of Allison, daughter Dianne Rae Sharp and her husband Dan of Des Moines, son Richard Shriver and his wife Kathy of Tallahassee, Florida, daughter Sue Ellyn Simmons of Durham, North Carolina, son Andrew John Shriver and his wife Kathy of Lewisville, North Carolina, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and brothers John (Jerry) Stout and his wife Ruth Ann of Barboursville, West Virginia and James A. Stout and his wife Sally of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Della, husband Ray, sister Roberta "Bonnie" Stevenson, sister Rosemary Hanson and bro...[more]