Ruth Marie Pickart
August 4, 1920 — May 20, 2015
Ruth Marie Schueler Pickart, 94, a lifelong resident of Marion, passed way Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Hearth Stone Memory Care Unit (OES), Boone, Iowa. Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion, by Rev. Dr. Howard Chapman. The family will greet friends Saturday, May 30, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her children, Joan Long, and Robert Schueler; grandchildren, Eric (Aleisha) Nesset, Brad (Jill) Nesset, Kirk Nesset, and Makiah Miller; great-grandchildren, Myah, Macy, Eliot, and Amelia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Esta Hense; husband, Ronald Schueler; husband, Milton “Chuck” Pickart; sister, Dorothy; two brothers, Lester and Marshall.
Ruth Marie was born August 4, 1920, in Alburnett, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Esta (Dunlap) Hense. She graduated from Alburnett High School in 1936 and attended Cedar Rapids Business College. Ruth Marie was united in marriage to her first husband, Ronald Schueler on December 15, 1945, until his passing on March 1, 1982. In 1986, she married Milton “Chuck” Pickart.
She worked for Gordon Hatchery and later Murdoch Funeral Home. She was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church, Marion, the OOP Club, PEO Chapter CS and Eastern Star. Ruth Marie was a devoted wife and mother.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Heartland Adult Daycare, 405 South Walnut Ave Ames, Iowa 50010.
Survivors include her children, Joan Long, and Robert Schueler; grandchildren, Eric (Aleisha) Nesset, Brad (Jill) Nesset, Kirk Nesset, and Makiah Miller; great-grandchildren, Myah, Macy, Eliot, and Amelia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Esta Hense; husband, Ronald Schueler; husband, Milton “Chuck” Pickart; sister, Dorothy; two brothers, Lester and Marshall.
Ruth Marie was born August 4, 1920, in Alburnett, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Esta (Dunlap) Hense. She graduated from Alburnett High School in 1936 and attended Cedar Rapids Business College. Ruth Marie was united in marriage to her first husband, Ronald Schueler on December 15, 1945, until his passing on March 1, 1982. In 1986, she married Milton “Chuck” Pickart.
She worked for Gordon Hatchery and later Murdoch Funeral Home. She was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church, Marion, the OOP Club, PEO Chapter CS and Eastern Star. Ruth Marie was a devoted wife and mother.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Heartland Adult Daycare, 405 South Walnut Ave Ames, Iowa 50010.
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