Cleo Ruth Anderson, 86, of Independence, MO passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at Jefferson Health Care. Services will be 11 am Saturday, November 15th at Speaks Suburban Chapel; with interment in Oakland Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 am until service time. Ruth was born September 19, 1917 in Dexter, MO to William Oscar Pruett and Mary Kathryn Schults Pruett. She was a checker and later floral designer for Safeway Stores, retiring in 1980. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer R. Anderson, and is survived by her son, Richard P. Anderson and wife Kay of Greenwood, MO; grandson, Michael Anderson and wife Gina of Grandview, MO.