Blair Enterprise Dec. 7, 2007
Opal A. Ruwe, 93, of Blair, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec.7, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
Opal A. Kuhr was born March 8, 1914, on the family farm near Orum, to George and Mary (Hansen) Kuhr. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Orum. She attended Lincoln school, and the Rose Hill School. On June 16, 1935, she was united in marriage to Raymond Ruwe at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. She helped her husband farm near Orum, living there until moving to Blair in 1982. She moved to Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in 2005.
Mrs. Ruwe liked baking, gardening, needle work, quilting, reading, especially the Bible, loved to sing and enjoyed butterflies.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she was active in ladies aid. She was a member of Farm Bureau, Lutheran Laymans League, the MCH Hospital Auxiliary, and card clubs in Blair.
She is survived by three daughters, a son and daughter-in-law; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Velma Jeppesen and Jane Kuhr, both of Blair.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; daughter, Marilyn Mathiesen;
granddaughter, Mary Jo Hovendick; two sons-in-law, Larry Petersen and Ivan Hovendick Jr.; two great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; four brothers and two sisters.
[This obituary was transcribed by the Washington County Genealogical Society]
[Some names of survivors have been redacted for privacy]
Opal A. Ruwe, 93, of Blair, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec.7, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
Opal A. Kuhr was born March 8, 1914, on the family farm near Orum, to George and Mary (Hansen) Kuhr. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Orum. She attended Lincoln school, and the Rose Hill School. On June 16, 1935, she was united in marriage to Raymond Ruwe at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. She helped her husband farm near Orum, living there until moving to Blair in 1982. She moved to Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in 2005.
Mrs. Ruwe liked baking, gardening, needle work, quilting, reading, especially the Bible, loved to sing and enjoyed butterflies.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she was active in ladies aid. She was a member of Farm Bureau, Lutheran Laymans League, the MCH Hospital Auxiliary, and card clubs in Blair.
She is survived by three daughters, a son and daughter-in-law; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Velma Jeppesen and Jane Kuhr, both of Blair.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; daughter, Marilyn Mathiesen;
granddaughter, Mary Jo Hovendick; two sons-in-law, Larry Petersen and Ivan Hovendick Jr.; two great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; four brothers and two sisters.
[This obituary was transcribed by the Washington County Genealogical Society]
[Some names of survivors have been redacted for privacy]
Blair Enterprise Dec. 7, 2007
Opal A. Ruwe, 93, of Blair, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec.7, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
Opal A. Kuhr was born March 8, 1914, on the family farm near Orum, to George and Mary (Hansen) Kuhr. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Orum. She attended Lincoln school, and the Rose Hill School. On June 16, 1935, she was united in marriage to Raymond Ruwe at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. She helped her husband farm near Orum, living there until moving to Blair in 1982. She moved to Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in 2005.
Mrs. Ruwe liked baking, gardening, needle work, quilting, reading, especially the Bible, loved to sing and enjoyed butterflies.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she was active in ladies aid. She was a member of Farm Bureau, Lutheran Laymans League, the MCH Hospital Auxiliary, and card clubs in Blair.
She is survived by three daughters, a son and daughter-in-law; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Velma Jeppesen and Jane Kuhr, both of Blair.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; daughter, Marilyn Mathiesen;
granddaughter, Mary Jo Hovendick; two sons-in-law, Larry Petersen and Ivan Hovendick Jr.; two great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; four brothers and two sisters.
[This obituary was transcribed by the Washington County Genealogical Society]
[Some names of survivors have been redacted for privacy]
Opal A. Ruwe, 93, of Blair, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec.7, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.
Opal A. Kuhr was born March 8, 1914, on the family farm near Orum, to George and Mary (Hansen) Kuhr. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Orum. She attended Lincoln school, and the Rose Hill School. On June 16, 1935, she was united in marriage to Raymond Ruwe at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. She helped her husband farm near Orum, living there until moving to Blair in 1982. She moved to Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in 2005.
Mrs. Ruwe liked baking, gardening, needle work, quilting, reading, especially the Bible, loved to sing and enjoyed butterflies.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she was active in ladies aid. She was a member of Farm Bureau, Lutheran Laymans League, the MCH Hospital Auxiliary, and card clubs in Blair.
She is survived by three daughters, a son and daughter-in-law; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Velma Jeppesen and Jane Kuhr, both of Blair.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; daughter, Marilyn Mathiesen;
granddaughter, Mary Jo Hovendick; two sons-in-law, Larry Petersen and Ivan Hovendick Jr.; two great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; four brothers and two sisters.
[This obituary was transcribed by the Washington County Genealogical Society]
[Some names of survivors have been redacted for privacy]
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