Ruth Ladean (Roach) Icenhower died on November 4, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. Ladean was born in Anton, Texas on August 5, 1930, the daughter of Edgar and Arvie Roach. She lived in Anton with her parents and brother until 1940, when the family moved to Fort Worth.
Ladean graduated from Carter-Riverside High School in 1947, after which she attended North Texas State Teacher’s College in Denton. She married in 1951, from which she had four children – Rick, Terri, Bryan, and Diane.
Ladean moved to Minnesota in 1957, where she completed her education at the Mounds - Midway School of Nursing in St. Paul in 1968, graduating first in her class. For the next 30 years she worked primarily as a surgical nurse at a variety of hospitals, both in Minnesota and Fort Worth.
Ladean was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Charles, brother, Bobby, son, Bryan, and grandson, Nathan. She is survived by her children Rick, Terri (Daryl), and Diane (Mike), step-children Donna, Jimmy (Tammy), and Johnny (Randy), six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren, all of whom she enjoyed tremendously.
Services will be Monday, November 11, 2019 at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home, 5725 Colleyville Boulevard at 10:00 a.m. Visitation/viewing will be at 9:00 a.m.
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