Obituary of Ruth Ann Boehm

Funeral services for Ruth Ann Boehm of Elsberry, MO will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 10, 2008 at the Elsberry Assembly of God Church in Elsberry. Rev. Richard Pillars, church pastor, will officiate. Mrs. Boehm, 49, died Sunday, October 5, 2008 on a houseboat on the Mississippi River near Mozier, IL. Born March 28, 1959 in MI, she was the daughter of Ralph and Bertha Kipina Naasco. She was united in marriage on July 21, 1980 in Madison, WV to William "Billy" Bernard Boehm. This union was blessed with three children: Jesse, Autumn and Billy Jo. She worked as a cook at Stus in Elsberry. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Bertha Naasco. Her husband, Billy Boehm; her sister-in-law, Jody Ryan; and her brother-in-law, Dale Ryan, Sr., all died in the same accident on October 5, 2008. Survivors include one son, Jesse Naasko and his wife, Charlene, of Germany; two daughters: Autumn Yungkau, and her husband, David, of Hawaii, and Billy Jo Boehm and her fianc�, Jeremy Evitts, of Westland, MI; and two grandchildren: Joey Naasko and Dylan Evitts. She also leaves one sister, Mona Wentz of WI; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Elsberry Assembly of God Church in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to the family of Billy and Ruth Boehm in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343. Online condolences may be made at www.carterricksfuneralhome.com.