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The Life of RUBY D PETERSON

Ruby d. Peterson, 93, of the 2800 block of East 16th St. died of cancer Wednesday at Hospice Kavanagh House.  Services will be at noon Saturday at Hamilton''s Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home, with burial at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mrs. Peterson was born in New Market and had lived in Guthrie Center before moving to Des Moines in 1943.  She was a retired food server with the Des Moines school system and a member of Grandview Lutheran Church.  She enjoyed baking pies and china painting.

She is survived by a daughter, Naomi Gnade of Humeston; two sons, Clair and Gene, both of Des Moines; a sister, Velma Wolf of Shenandoah; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to her church.     

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