Ruth Joan (Stroud) Wildrick, 94, of St. George, Utah, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2019. She was born May 13, 1924 in Kewanee, Illinois to Estella Lena Richardson and Walter Beckam Stroud. She graduated from Olney high school during WWII and went to work as a stenographer in the Pentagon. While visiting her brother who was a cadet at the United States Military Academy, she met her future husband, Richard Minter Wildrick. They were married in the Cadet Chapel at West Point the day after Richard graduated on June 4, 1946.

For the next thirty years, she dutifully and without complaint, followed him wherever the Army permitted her to do so. She lived with her family at different times, a total of ten years in Germany, two years in Belgium, and the remaining years in eight different states – many of them twice and some three times.

Ruth was a devout Christian and participated in the activities of the Army’s many post chapels. She was also active in many of the Army Wives’ Clubs.

Shortly after her husband’s retirement in 1976, she and her husband joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in subsequent years she served a mission in St. George extracting names of the dead; Temple missions in Switzerland and Australia; as an assistant matron in the Washington D.C. Temple; and five years in the Denver Temple as an ordinance worker.

Ruth is survived by her husband, Richard; son, Craig Wildrick; daughter, Leslie Lenel; nine grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents and brother, William Richard Stroud.

Funeral Service held at the SunRiver 1st Branch Chapel, St. George, Utah. Interment  in Tonaquint Cemetery.

The Daily Spectrum (St. George, UT) – Wednesday, February 13, 2019