12/20/2023

Due to lack of the internet from 12/7/2023 until today, 12/20/2023, we missed the posting of Ruth’s death. Our condolences to all of the family. She was a mentor/friend in all aspects. We will always remember the many memories we shared with Ruth and her husband, Ken.

RAMBLING WITH RUTH

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 – From David Dickie

Greetings everyone.  This is David, Ruth’s son.

Ruth passed away last night.  She lived a long and full life, and did it her way until the very end.  She had a relentlessly positive outlook on life, an inspiration to me and many others.  Her last words to Suzanne and me were “My bags are packed and I have checked off my list.  Now I need you to organize my medicines.”

All the Best,

David

POSTED BY RAMBLING WITH RUTH AT 10:28 AM 6 COMMENTS: 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Madison MS – From Mary Frances Dickie

Early this morning, Ruth took her last journey and passed away.  Having tucked into bed yesterday, with stronger medicine for her pain and her Pennsylvania quilts keeping her warm, she went peacefully in her sleep.  Our hearts break for the loss of an incredible woman – a mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother – but are comforted by the fact that she is no longer in pain.

Ruth was planning, down to her final moments.  She informed us that she would celebrate her annual Christmas and birthday party on the 9th, and then she would be ready to go.  And she followed that plan, to the letter.  Though her body would not let her attend Saturday’s gathering, her family and friends toasted in her honor and visited her bedside afterwards.  Ruth a was a generous soul, and planned for her life to be celebrated in this time-honored holiday tradition.

Still, we mourn the great emptiness she has left in her wake.  Ruth lit up any room with a personality that was larger than life.  She left a lasting impression on everyone she met with her intellect, her tenacity, and her keen sense of humor.  She often held court in her home and her work, and always had an eye and an ear open for the thoughts of those around her.  We remember her “-isms”,  and always snapped to attention when she began a reflection with “I find it fascinating…”

In all her rambling, from her life in Canada, to Ken’s residency and Andrew and David’s births in Texas, to her picnic group in Maryland, to her career in D.C., to her globetrotting from Mississippi to Mexico to Texas to Canada and many other stops along this way, Ruth met and befriended countless people.  She married Ken and grew a family of sons and daughters-in-law and granddaughters, all of whom she loved and encouraged to “press on to the next steps, whatever they may be.”  Ruth hardly sat still in body or mind, and when her body became weak and her stamina diminished, her mind worked valiantly to keep processing the world around her.  She smiled to hear the words of love and comfort from her friends and family, near and far – of which there were many.

Ruth rambles from this world a loved and respected woman.  As we reckon with the loss of her, we cherish her memory and the lessons with which she has left us.  As we toasted her on Saturday, we raise a proverbial glass in her memory now:  Cheers to Ruth, and her ramblings, and the great wake of loved ones  she leaves behind.  

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OBITUARY

Kenneth James Dickie

AUGUST 19, 1936 – DECEMBER 11, 2018

IN THE CARE OF

Parkway Funeral Home & Parkway Memorial Cemetery

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04/29/2013

 Our very dear friends Ruth and Ken Dickie’s son, Andrew, was called to heaven.  As we all know, when we are given a child on earth, we never know how long they are entrusted to us to love and cherish.  In his memory and remembrance, we are posting this candle to remember Andrew forever.

Andrew James Dickie died on April 17, 2014.  He is survived by his wife, Christina Hansen Creath Dickie and three daughters, Kate, Mary Frances, and Molly.

Sincerely,

Robbie and Joyce Muckleroy