Ruthie Slane, 95, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at Westward Heights Care Center in Lander, Wyoming. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, December 16, 2024, as Davis Funeral Home. Inurnment will take place at Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello, Idaho at a later date.
Ruthie Lucille Floyd was born on October 2, 1929 in Beach, North Dakota to Charles V. and Mabel Ione (Powell) Floyd. She graduated from Riverton High School. Riverton, Wyoming and lived in Riverton for a brief time before moving to Farmington, Utah. After her youngest son, JC was born in Farmington she moved to Pocatello, Idaho for the next 37 years before returning to Riverton, Wyoming where she remained until her death.
Ruthie was a member of the Methodist Church.
She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
She worked for Mountain Bell and an answering service over the years.
Ruthie loved crafts, in particular quilting and needlework. She was very talented on any craft she chose to do. She taught herself to play the accordion.
She is survived by her sons, Randy O’Neil Slane and wife, Cindy Leigh and John Chandler “JC” Slane; daughter, Connie Ruth Ellingson and husband, Donald E.; sisters, Peggy Carr and Kay Elisson; four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mabel Floyd; daughter, Judy Lynn Rinehart; son, Michell Duane Slane; and grandsons, Brock O’Neil Slane, Randall Tyler Slane, and Timothy Jensen.
On-line condolences for Ruthie’s family may be made at TheDavisFuneralHome.com
Services under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Crematory, and Monuments.