The Ruth Suckow Memorial Association was founded in 1966 to develop "appropriate memorials to the late Ruth Suckow and to further a literary and educational interest in her works." The Association publishes the annual Ruth Suckow Newsletter, and in 1982 established the Ruth Suckow Park in Earlville, Iowa, at the site of Suckow's former Earlville home. This public Park contains a shelter, picnic tables, and a memorial stone and engraving which states:

"Ruth Suckow, famed Iowa author, established herself as a writer while living in Earlville 1920-1926. She earned a living by operating an apiary. She lived in a white house on this site 1925-1926."

"Ruth Suckow loved the Iowa countryside near this site: the rolling farmlands, woods, streams and wildflowers. She called the little house that stood here 'My House.' Ruth was unknown when she came to Earlville in 1920. By 1926, she had published two novels and many short stories and was recognized in this country as the author of a fresh kind of realism. Her work tells in rich detail the life of Middlewestern communities in the earlier part of the 20th century: the family gatherings, church suppers, holiday celebrations, school commencements. Born in Hawarden, Iowa, August 6, 1892, Ruth died in Claremont, California, January 23, 1960.

The engraved granite panel containing these words, as well as a drawing of Suckow's former home, were created by Suckow Association Board members Geri Bley, Terry Walters, and Ferner Nuhn (Suckow's husband).

In 1992, the Association supported Ruth Suckow Centenary activities in seven Iowa cities: Cedar Falls, Des Moines, Dubuque, Earlville, Grinnell, Hawarden, and Iowa City. Celebrations included lectures, tours, readings from Suckow's works, and performances of a new play, "Just Suppose," by Iowa writer Rebecca Christian. This one-woman show brought Suckow to life (enacted by Lenore Howard).

The Association has also helped make possible the reprinting by the University of Iowa Press of two of Suckow's out-of-print texts: The Folks and New Hope.

In 1996, a plaque was unveiled at Suckow's birthplace in Hawarden, Iowa, and the Association is currently working to help Hawarden buy and preserve this "prairie cottage with the long windows," as Suckow affectionately called it. Those wishing to help preserve Suckow's birthplace and first home may make donations to the "Suckow Birthplace Fund." Contributions can be sent to Association Board member Mary Helgevold; 1901 Avenue F; Hawarden, IA 51023-1242.