Ruth Elizabeth (Liz) Blakley, 58, Hamilton, Mo., passed away at her home on September 10, 2018.  She lived in the Hamilton area most of her life.

Liz was born on September 27, 1959, in Cameron, Mo., to Jake and Roberta Bell (Filley) Kresse, Jr.  She attended school in Cameron and Kidder, Mo., and graduated from the Penney High School in Hamilton in 1978.  She earned her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg.

Liz worked at various nursing homes and dialysis centers around the area, and worked at St. Luke's Hospital and Research Medical Center in Kansas City.  For the last 15 years she was the transplant coordinator at Research.

She was an avid bowler and member of the United States Bowling Congress, member of the NW Mo. Model A Club, the Heart of America Model A Ford Club, and a member of the NW Mo Gas & Steam Engine Association in Hamilton as well as a board member for Northwest Health Services.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

On November 1, 1980, she married Junior Blakley at the RLDS Church in Cameron.  He survives of the home.

Additional survivors:  sons-Steven (Katie), Platte City, Mo., and Jason (Ashley), Chillicothe, Mo.; 3 grandchildren-Madison, Christopher and Xia; brother-Albert (Theresa) Kresse, Hamilton; sister-in-law-Bonnie Kirk, Harrisonville, Mo.; brother-in-law-Bill Blakley, Independence, Mo.; and nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Service:  2:00 p.m., Friday, September 14, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Visitation:  Thursday, Sept. 13, at Bram Funeral Home, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Interment:  Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, southeast of Hamilton.

Memorials:  The Kidney Foundation or the Caldwell County Foundation Cancer Assistance Fund.

Arrangements:  Bram Funeral Home,  Hamilton.
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