Donations made be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Holmes, Mary Ruth, of O'Fallon, Missouri, died on Friday, June 20, 2008 at the age of 72. Beloved wife of the late Jerry D. Holmes, Sr., dear daughter of the late Palmer Joseph Jordan and the late Mary E. Jordan; loving mother of Jerry Dale (Diane) Holmes, Jr., Carol (David) Dotson; Paul (Lorna) Holmes, and Nancy (Timothy) Gardner, adoring grandmother of 8 grandchildren; dearest sister of Palmer John Jordan. She was employed as a Medical Technologist at Christian Northeast for 23 years before her retirement, and she was a member of First Baptist Church, O'Fallon, MO.