Ruth A. Fleming, 89, died June 3, 2009 at River Bend Assisted Living, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 15, 1920 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Guy Ora and Anna Hazel (Prather) Kiger. A resident of Great Bend for twenty-six years, coming from Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was a former waitress. She was a member of Foundry Methodist Church, Great Bend. Survivors include two daughters: Karen Marcum, Great Bend, Kansas; and Sandin Garner-Hunter and husband, Brian Hunter, Garden Valley, California; one sister, Rosemary Jeannette Welch, Bellevue, Nebraska; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son-in-law, David Marcum; five brothers; John Carroll Kiger, Guy Francis Kiger, Arvel Clinton Kiger, Thomas Lowry Kiger and Robert Quentin Kiger; and four sisters, Betty Anne Kiger, Helen Juanita Novak, Audrey Catherine Cook Habegger, and Jacqueline Lee Kiger. The body has been bequeathed to the Kansas University School of Medicine. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials are requested to Foundry Methodist Church or Hospice Care of Kansas, Hutchinson, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.