ALICE RIDGE

    Alice Ridge passed away on  January 15, 2014 at Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
    Alice was born December 16, 1937 at Isadora, in Worth County, Missouri to James G. and Laura Hall Ray. Alice attended Isadora and Grant City schools graduating in 1955 and was a lifelong member of the Isadora Church of Christ and served as the church pianist and organist for over 50 years.
    On June 5, 1955 she married Lloyd C. Ridge and they made their home on the Ridge family farm just across the west fork of the Grand River from her birthplace on the Ray family farm.
    Alice was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Virgil Ray, Delbert Ray and Jim Ray; sisters, Madlyn Ray, Lucy Ray, Tessie Lynch, Ollie Heron, Neva Olney, Opal Glover, Betty Wiley and Helen Roach.
    Alice is survived by her husband of 58 years, Lloyd C.; son, Roger Ridge and wife Lisa of Saint Joseph, Missouri; daughter, Becky Carlson and husband Jim of King City, Missouri; four grandchildren, Caleb Ridge of Blockton, Iowa and special friend Courtney Sommer, Jacob Carlson (Petrea) of Amity, Missouri, Taylor Ridge (Kelsey) of Grant City, Missouri and Sarah Schuman (Colby) of Amity, Missouri; three great-grandchildren, Tanner Ridge, Riley Ridge and Addaline Schuman, and brother, Wilbur Ray of Grant City, Missouri.
    Funeral services were held at Prugh-Dunfee Funeral home in Grant City, Missouri on Saturday, January 18, 2014, with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery in Blockton, Iowa.
    Memorial contributions can be made in care of the funeral home to the Isadora Church of Christ or Hospice of Southwest Iowa.