Ruth E. Cannon...Age 86

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INSTATE: 1-8PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28th - EDDY-BIRCHARD CHAPEL

VISITATION: 11AM-12PM FRIDAY, MARCH 1st FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 8th & BROWN - OSAWATOMIE.

SERVICE: NOON FRIDAY, MARCH 1st

ALSO AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - OSAWATOMIE.

BURIAL: BEAGLE CEMETERY - BEAGLE, KS.

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MEMORIALS: SPECIAL OLYMPICS and/or First Baptist Church

Memorials may be sent in care of Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box 430 Osawatomie, KS. 66064

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Ruth was born March 8, 1926 on her parent's farm in rural Osawatomie, KS. She shared memories with family & spoke often of her childhood growing up on the family farm. She was the younger of two children born to Henry Andrew "Hank" Hayes and Sybil Elizabeth (Snyder) Hayes. Ruth was a great-great granddaughter of 10th Kansas infantry Captain, Eli Snyder of Osawatomie, Kansas.

Ruth grew up and attended the Osawatomie Schools. While attending Crescent Hill grade school, she competed & became the Miami County spelling bee champion while in the 2nd grade. She recalls receiving a rat terrier puppy for her efforts and the difficulty her father had finding a litter of puppies in the midst of winter. Ruth graduated with the class of 1944 from Osawatomie High School.

During high school Ruth worked at the Sunshine hatchery for the Harclerode family business. From 1944 thru 1949 Ruth had been a local Osawatomie business book keeper and was employed at the American State Bank of Osawatomie.

Ruth was married April 17, 1949 to Kenneth Davis Cannon in the First Baptist Church in Osawatomie. They made their home in Osawatomie and became the parents of four children. She lived in their same home for fifty-two years, from 1961 thru 2013. Kenneth went to be with the Lord December 30, 2010.

Ruth loved her family and home. She was a devoted wife and a nurturing and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Osawatomie. She taught Sunday school there for many years and was a member of the MERA Class. She was also a member of the Rebecca Lodge #734 of Beagle, KS, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, a member of the Silver Link Lodge and Missouri Pacific Railroad women's organization.

The family loved to fish and took many vacations traveling to the Ozarks, Minnesota and Arkansas to go fishing. Ruth was an accomplished seamstress, a “green thumb" flower & vegetable gardener, baker & cook. She loved to hunt for morel mushrooms with her family in spring. She was a crossword puzzle enthusiast.

She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter, her husband Kenneth, one brother, Charles H. Hayes son-in-laws, Steve Childs and Lee Emery.

She is survived by her four children:, John Cannon of Parsons, KS, Glen Cannon (Lisa Ann Cannon) of Osawatomie, KS, Elaine Childs of Osawatomie, KS and Lisa Bartlett (Ted Bartlett) of Lane, KS,
Four grandchildren : Amy Hall (Shane Hall), Emily Manning (Kenneth Manning), Sarah Logan (Dallas Logan), Matthew Emery (Ashley Montgomery, fiancé) and one step grand daughter Amy Lynn Childs. Ruth had five great grandchildren: Emma and Claire Hall, Tyler, Hannah and Isaac Manning and two step great grandchildren: Blake VanDonsel and Brianna Arnold.