Arvelyn Ruth Suiter passed away Sunday, November 8 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, NE due to complications from Covid 19.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 14 at the Bates-Gould Chapel in Alliance with burial in the Alliance Cemetery. The family requests masks be worn to the service.
Memorials may be given to the animal support group PAWS or to the donor’s choice and may be sent to the family at 1041 Duncan Avenue.
Ruth was born September 30, 1939 on the family farm/ranch east of Martin, SD to Irvin (Bud) and Edna Pearl Ladely. She attended Suhre Country School and Martin Public Schools.
She was united in marriage to Darrel Lambert on February 10, 1957. They welcomed three children into their family; Russel, Annora and Kurt.
She was later married to Arthur Suiter on June 17, 1978 and made her home in Alliance.
Ruth was a people person and always said that strangers were just friends she hadn’t met yet. Over the years she chose several jobs that enabled her to meet a wide variety of people which she loved. She was the “Chief Cook and Bottlewasher” at her own cafe in Whitney, NE; waitress at both Chuckwagon and Helen’s Restaurant in Chadron and the Drake Hotel in Alliance; and Regional Tupperware Recruiter/Manager of the Rhythm Wrangler group which earned her several trips and an official Tupperware station wagon. In Alliance she worked at Shop & Save and BF Food Pride grocery stores as a checker. She taught many young people that bagged groceries for her that there were two ways to do it: the Ruth way or the wrong way!
She was fiercely independent and determined to live life her own way. She never forgot a kindness which she always tried to repay, more often than not in homemade treats. Her fondness for cats and her unwillingness to see them go hungry is evidenced by a sign on her house that says “Feed them and they will come!” which allowed her to assist a local group in their efforts to trap, neuter and release feral cats.
She is survived by her children: Annora (Dana) Bentley, Kurt (Tracy) Lambert and her beloved granddaughters Regan and Kayel all of Alliance; her sisters Kay Christner of Sterling, CO and Eileen Kamerzell of Martin, SD and her brother Wayne Ladely of Sidney, NE. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant son Russel, husband Arthur, sisters; Phyllis Daughters, Donna Westover, Norma Harris and brothers; James Ladely and Irvin Ladely. In death she will be united with her two grandchildren Philip and Ariane Bentley. She also leaves behind her beloved and faithful companions Max, Molly, Jet and Bear and her dear friend Ellen Lloyd.