Ruth (Rhoads) Stroup, 42, passed from the arms of her family into the arms of her savior on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer.
Ruth was born the second of twin girls on Feb. 7, 1974, at Orofino. She graduated from Timberline School in 1992 and Bartlesville Wesleyan College (now Oklahoma Wesleyan University) in 1997 with a degree in Christian education.
She married Dennis Stroup on June 21, 1997. They pastored in Sundance, Wyo., Rapid City and Redfield, S.D., and then came back home to Weippe. Ruth put her degree to work in home schooling their three children, something of great importance to her, and she left plans for it to continue in her absence.
Ruth was involved with many areas in the community, especially with her children - Lego League, 4-H and library activities. She became an emergency medical technician (EMT) and volunteered with the Clearwater County Ambulance Service. She assisted her husband in pastoring the Orofino Church of the Nazarene, where she made many new friends.
Ruth is survived by husband Dennis; and three children, Andrew (17), David (15) and Anna (14); her grandmother, Ruth Dabritz of Portland, Ore.; her parents, Nicholas and Ronda Rhoads of Weippe; brother Carl Rhoads (Amy) of Lemoore, Calif.; sisters Deborah Crenshaw (Greg) of Laveen, Ariz., and Esther Berrey (Phil) of Vancouver, Wash.; and half-sister Nancy Sanchez (Brent) of Monroe, Wash. Also surviving are nieces and nephews Kourtney, Klayton, Karson and Krysta of Lemoore, Calif., Adrienne and Addison of Laveen, Ariz., Reese and Ruby of Vancouver, Wash., and Elizabeth Davis of Sundance, Wyo. She is also survived by her cousin-as-close-as-a-sister, Chris Harris, as well as other loving cousins, aunts, uncles and in-laws.
Ruth was preceded in death by grandparents J.D. and Iris Rhoads, and Robert Dabritz; aunt Rachel Dabritz; and niece Kylie Rhoads.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Weippe Cemetery. Memorial service will be at 4 p.m. the same day at the Weippe Wesleyan Church.
Service Information
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- Monday, August 29, 3:00 PM
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Weippe Cemetery
100 Cemetery Road
Weippe, Idaho 83553
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- A Memorial Service will follow the committal at the Weippe Wesleyan Church at 220 N. Main Street, Weippe, Idaho.
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