Rutha Bell (Shelton) Work passed away Sept. 7, 2022. Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. at Campbell Aman Funeral Home, graveside services will follow in the Herman Cemetery.
Born on Jan. 18, 1945, to George and Rosie Shelton in Wentzville, Mo., Ruth moved to Wisconsin as a young teenager, and later met her husband LaVern Work. LaVern and Ruth lived in Wisconsin for several years with a short stint in Gillette, Wyo., before moving to Blair. They resided in Blair for 11 years. They then moved to Herman and resided there for 42 years before losing their home in a fire in February of 2021. LaVern and Ruth then moved to Minnesota where her daughter Nancy lives. Ruth went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus, at her home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022.
Preceded in death by her son, William (Bill) Work, her father and mother, two sisters and two brothers. She is survived by her husband LaVern, and they were married for 58 years. Children Joseph (Joe) and wife Jeanette, James (Jim) and wife Candy, Robert (Bob) and wife Denise, Thomas (Tom), Nancy and husband Steve Costanzo. 12 grandsons, seven granddaughters, two great-grandsons, and six great-granddaughters.
Ruth was a charter member of Country Bible Church from its inception as an upper room bible study and helped build the original church where it currently resides, three miles north of Blair. She enjoyed her children, grandchildren, sewing, crocheting, cooking and crafting. She was known as "mom" to countless kids in the small village of Herman.
If there was ever a person you could confidently say you will see in heaven someday, Ruth was that person. She quietly and faithfully endured a lifetime of trials and challenges but never lost her faith in the redemptive power and grace of Jesus Christ. Anyone who met or knew her felt that grace she exhibited and shared her entire life.
She will be deeply missed.
