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Just got home! It has been a fast and furious few days with little sleep involved, but it is over. The funeral was very sweet and just what I think Nana would have wanted... Actually she would blushed and told us that we were too sweet and been very embarrassed! It's so good to finally remember past the alheimers/dementia that took her away so many years ago! I miss her but am so happy she is finally home!

Anyway, it's all been a blur. A good, sentimental, memory filled blur. Thanks for your prayers and well wishes.I'm posting the Obit from the San Angelo paper today below. There is no way to sum up a life in a few paragraphs!


RUTH WHITAKER LIVINGSTON
Publication Date: January 9, 2006

COLEMAN — Ruth Whitaker Livingston, 96, longtime Coleman resident, formerly of San Angelo, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, in Waco, Texas. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the Elm Street Church of Christ with Rick Hagelstein officiating. Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery.
Ruth Whitaker was born Sept. 15, 1909, in Gail, Texas, in Borden County to Robert Hamilton Whitaker and Hettie Kincaid Whitaker. After graduating from San Angelo High School, she attended San Marcos State College and San Angelo Junior College. She then worked for Ted Brown and Associates until her marriage on Aug. 31, 1941, to Thomas Caskey Livingston in San Angelo. She became a loving wife and later mother and grandmother. The couple celebrated 56 years of marriage before Caskey’s death on March 27, 1997.
Ruth and Caskey spent most of their married years in Coleman raising their girls and being involved in church and community activities. In 2000, Ruth moved to Waco to be near her daughters and their families.
Surviving are Ruth’s two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary K. and Corydon Elliot of Hewitt and Thomasue and Rick Hagelstein of China Spring; one brother and sister-in-law, Robert Hugh and Jayne Whitaker of Abilene; six grandchildren, Stephanie Elliot Grosz and husband Rob of Hewitt, Ashley Hagelstein Sanders and husband David of China Springs, Robby Hagelstein and wife Maria of Hewitt, Amber Hagelstein Russell and husband James of Hewitt, Sari Elliot of Hewitt and Aubin Hagelstein of China Spring; eight great-grandchildren, Kolby and Rhett Grosz, Samantha, Scarlett and Suzanne Sanders, Justin and Whitney Hagelstein, and Kelton Russell; two nephews, Bo Whitaker and Bill Whitaker, both of Abilene; special friend Lillie Rice, who became like a third daughter; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Stevens Funeral Home