The Lord's Prayer

 Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
 
 The Hail Mary

Hail, Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.   Amen

   Ruth Ann Wilmshorst, 83, of Mexico, died at 10:05 a.m. Apr. 3, 2003, at Audrain Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2003, at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with Father Henry Reichert officiating. Visitation will be on Saturday from noon until service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Wilmshorst was born on Feb 15, 1920, in St. Louis, the daughter of George W. and Ann Sills Phillips. On Feb. 23, 1949, in Chicago, Ill., she married Charles B. Wilmshorst, who died Feb.  25, 1970.

She was a graduate of St. Brendan High School, Nazareth Junior College, Louisville, Ken., in 1939, and St. Louis University School of Nursing in 1941. She was a member of St. Brendan Catholic Church.

She had served as a nurse in the U.S. Navy during World War II, stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago, where she trained corpsmen for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Mrs. Wilmshorst was a Registered Nurse and had worked at Audrain Medical Center as a night supervisor from 1967 until her retirement in 1986. After retirement she had worked at the Kings Daughters Home, Pin Oaks, volunteered with the AMC Auxiliary and served as an Ambassador with the Chamber of Commerce.

Survivors include two sons, Philip F. Wilmshorst, Kansas City, Mo., and David C. Wilmshorst and wife Tracy, Liberty; one brother, Robert S. Phillips, El Paso, Texas; four grandchildren, Lindsey and Adam Wilmshorst, Liberty, Matthew J. Wilmshorst, Nice, France, and Elizabeth Ann Morrison, Dallas, Texas; three great grandchildren, Alex and Thomas Wilmshorst, Calais, France, and Jimmy M. Wilmshorst, Nice, France.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one great grandson, Matthew John Wilmshorst.

The family suggests memorial gifts be sent to the Audrain Medical Center Foundation. They may be sent in care of  Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.

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