Ruby M. Shute

	Ruby M. Shute, age 92, of Pinckneyville, passed away in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Skilled Care unit on March 12, 2004 at 3:40 a.m.
	Ruby was born in Tilden on January 20, 1912, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Bonnerp) Patton.  Ruby was united in marriage to George W. Shute in Murphysboro on October 30, 1933 and he preceded her in death on May 9, 1995.
	Ruby was a member of the Beaucoup Baptist Church in Pinckneyville and a homemaker.
	Ruby is survived by her sister, Margaret Gegel of Marissa; a nephew, Jerry Gegel of northern Illinois; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ben and Ruth Shute and Nadine Hicks, all of Pinckneyville and other nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brother, Elmer McDonald.
	Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, March 13 at 1:30 p.m. in the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville with Reverend Randy Plunkett officiating.  Interment was in the Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Saturday from 12 p.m. until time of services.
	Memorials may be made to the Beaucoup Baptist Church in Pinckneyville.
	
