Obituary of Ruth Eileen Green

Funeral Services for Ruth Eileen Green of St. Charles, MO will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 16, 2022 at St. Paul United Church of Christ near Old Monroe, MO. Rev. Eugene Rahmeier will officiate with burial in St. Paul United Church of Christ Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Jeffery King, Ryan King, Ben King, David Kendrick and Paul Green. Mrs. Green, 76, passed away Wednesday morning, December 7, 2022 at SSM DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO. Born November 10, 1946 in St. Charles, she was the daughter of William David and Elvira Emilie Louise Jung Dickbernd. Ruth was the Valedictorian of the 1964 Class at Winfield High School and a 1967 graduate of Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, MO. She was united in marriage on April 6, 1969 in Old Monroe to William Allen “Bill” Green. This union was blessed with three children: Dawn, Paul and Robin. Ruth worked as a Registered Nurse for Deaconess Hospital for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Elvira Dickbernd; one daughter, Robin Kendrick; and her beloved husband of 53 years, Bill Green, who died on January 15, 2022. Survivors include one daughter, Dawn (nee Green) King and her husband, Jeff King, of St. Charles, MO, one son, Paul Green and his wife, Victoria (nee Agin) Green, of Lombard, IL; one son-in-law, David Kendrick of Old Monroe, MO; two grandsons: Ryan King of St. Peters, MO and Benny King of St. Charles, MO; one brother, Rev. Dick Dickbernd, of Omaha, Nebraska; other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Winfield, MO. Memorials may be made to the animal charity of your choice in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 3838 East Highway 47, P.O. Box 253, Winfield, MO 63389.