Ruth C. Ryan

MEMPHIS - Ruth C. Ryan went home to be with Our Lord on Saturday, December 12, 2020. She was born on January 16, 1929 to James B. and Sloay Creedon and was a lifelong Memphian.

Ruth was a graduate of St. Agnes School and Normal School of Business and subsequently became an employee of General Electric where she worked for several years and enjoyed being in downtown Memphis and working in the Sterick Building.

Upon her marriage to John J. Ryan, Jr., her life centered around her family, and she treasured her faith and her family above all. She was a parishioner at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for 55 years.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her dedicated husband, her daughter Bridget Ryan, daughter-in-law Teresa Ryan, her sister - Sister Mary Catherine O.P., and her brother James B. Creedon, Jr.

She leaves behind her daughters Mary Perry (Larry), Ruth Blackburn (Kenneth), Catherine Bailey (James), and Sheila Linderman (Clark), and her sons John J. Ryan III, James P. Ryan, and Michael Ryan (Leigh Ann), twelve grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and a niece and nephew.

The family would like to send our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the staff, security team, clinical nurses, and administration at Kirby Pines Estates, where Ruth lived for the past several years.

The family requests that donations in her memory be sent to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, S.D., Sacred Heart Southern Missions in Walls, MS, or Mercy Home for Street for Boys and Girls in Chicago.