Ruth Marie Schmitz Ladd's Obituary
Ruth Marie Schmitz Ladd, 87, went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 10, 2017. She was born April 7, 1930 in Water Valley, MS to Josie Tendall and Jessie Schmitz. She was a registered nurse with Baptist Memorial Hospital, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and the VA Medical Center. She attended Second Presbyterian Church. She was a long-time resident of Trezevant Manor. She is survived by her daughters, Antoinette Good (John) and Denise Ladd; grandchildren, Sophie Edwards (Price), Hannah Crowley (A.J.), John Wilson Good, Will Goksel, and Kate Goksel; and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 15 beginning at 12 p.m. in the Salmon Room and a memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. in the Chapel, all at Second Presbyterian Church. The interment will be private in Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be sent to the Second Presbyterian Church Foundation for the Meredith Fox Memorial Scholarship Fund.Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave., Memphis TN 38119. (901) 767-8930. “Celebrating Life….Behind the Stone Wall.”
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