Iowa City, Iowa Ruston Holloway Spencer, 50, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in his sleep. A celebration of life will be held at 10 A.M. on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the West Branch United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Friday from 4 to 8 P.M. at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made in Ruston’s memory to the West Branch United Methodist Church or NAMI. Ruston was born February 26, 1964 in Mason City, Iowa, the son of Edward and Beverly Van Duzer Spencer. He was a graduate of West Branch High School in the Class of 1982, attended Iowa State University, and was a graduate of Hawkeye Technical Institute in Waterloo with an Associate of Arts degree in photography. He most recently had been attending Kirkwood Community College studying in the Radiology Tech program. He was a freelance photographer for 24 years, working in Boston, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and the local area. Ruston loved storytelling, and family and friends agree that Ruston had a book waiting to be written. He was a perfectionist and was well respected for his knowledge and abilities in the areas of lighting and photography composition. He was an accomplished chef, enjoyed fishing with his friends, and playing polo with his family. Ruston was very compassionate to the less fortunate and helped feed the hungry in Iowa City. He is survived by his parents, two sisters: Kammy (James) Simonton of Columbus, Indiana, Wendy (Greg) Fowler of West Branch and a brother Nathan Spencer of Arvada, Colorado. Eight nieces and nephews also survive Rachel, Hannah, Levi, Micah, Brittany, Braden, Luc and Jake. He was preceded in death by his grandparents and beloved dog Ajax.