Rites for Ruch On Wednesday
Funeral services for Cpl. Frank G. Ruch, 27, a native of Richardson county will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Chaney-Hodgen funeral home in charge of Rev. Harold M. Bryant. Burial will be in Steele cemetery.
Members of Company B 134th infantry of the National Guard, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will attend the services in a body and will have charge of military rites at the grave.
Cpl. Ruch was killed in action July 12, 1944, at St. Lo, France. He was temporarily buried in the U.S. military cemetery at La Cambe, France, 17 miles north of St. Lo until the body was removed to be shipped to the United States.
Cpl. Ruch was born July 8, 1917, near Barada. He was a son of Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City, and the late Gust Ruch. Feb. 19, 1940, he was married at Troy, Kas., to Miss Lucille Hall of Hiawatha. To this union, three children were born. His widow later remarried and is now Mrs. George Bentley of Rulo. His father died July 9, 1944.
Mr. Ruch was working as a farm hand near Hiawatha and was a member of Company B, 127th Field artillery battallion, the National Guard of Hiawatha, when he was mobilized into federal service with the guards at Hiawatha Dec. 23, 1940. He was sent to Camp Robinson and Nov. 14, 1941 was discharged because he was married.
He came to Richardson county and was employed on a farm south of Salem until he was recalled into active service in Feb. 1942, to the same company at San Luis Obispo, Calif. He later was transferred to Camp Rucker, Ala., and in the latter part of 1943 to Camp Butner, N.C. He sailed from New York May 12, 1944, for England.
He was killed in the St. Lo campaign while on his duties as a telephone linesman.
Sgt. Ruch is survived by two sons, Richard Lee, 8, and Billy Joe, 5, both of Rulo: a daughter, Frankie Rosetta, 6, Rulo; his mother, Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City; three brothers, Roy Ruch, Leavenworth, Kas., and Robert and Donald Ruch, both of Falls City; two sisters, Mrs. Reuben Bethke, Falls City, and Mrs. Rosa Lefforge, Hiawatha.
Falls City Journal, Falls City Nebraska, Monday, March 28, 1949.
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Corporal Frank G. Ruch was a member of the National Guard ordered into Federal Service December 23, 1940 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He served as a Lineman in Battery B, 127 Field Artillery Battalion and landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy France on July 7, 1944. Battery B fired its 1st round against the enemy July 10, 1944. He was killed in action by enemy artillery shell fragments July 12, 1944 while policing communication wire. At the time Battery B was just northwest of Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, supporting the 35th Infantry Division in its advance against St Lo, France.
Funeral services for Cpl. Frank G. Ruch, 27, a native of Richardson county will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Chaney-Hodgen funeral home in charge of Rev. Harold M. Bryant. Burial will be in Steele cemetery.
Members of Company B 134th infantry of the National Guard, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will attend the services in a body and will have charge of military rites at the grave.
Cpl. Ruch was killed in action July 12, 1944, at St. Lo, France. He was temporarily buried in the U.S. military cemetery at La Cambe, France, 17 miles north of St. Lo until the body was removed to be shipped to the United States.
Cpl. Ruch was born July 8, 1917, near Barada. He was a son of Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City, and the late Gust Ruch. Feb. 19, 1940, he was married at Troy, Kas., to Miss Lucille Hall of Hiawatha. To this union, three children were born. His widow later remarried and is now Mrs. George Bentley of Rulo. His father died July 9, 1944.
Mr. Ruch was working as a farm hand near Hiawatha and was a member of Company B, 127th Field artillery battallion, the National Guard of Hiawatha, when he was mobilized into federal service with the guards at Hiawatha Dec. 23, 1940. He was sent to Camp Robinson and Nov. 14, 1941 was discharged because he was married.
He came to Richardson county and was employed on a farm south of Salem until he was recalled into active service in Feb. 1942, to the same company at San Luis Obispo, Calif. He later was transferred to Camp Rucker, Ala., and in the latter part of 1943 to Camp Butner, N.C. He sailed from New York May 12, 1944, for England.
He was killed in the St. Lo campaign while on his duties as a telephone linesman.
Sgt. Ruch is survived by two sons, Richard Lee, 8, and Billy Joe, 5, both of Rulo: a daughter, Frankie Rosetta, 6, Rulo; his mother, Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City; three brothers, Roy Ruch, Leavenworth, Kas., and Robert and Donald Ruch, both of Falls City; two sisters, Mrs. Reuben Bethke, Falls City, and Mrs. Rosa Lefforge, Hiawatha.
Falls City Journal, Falls City Nebraska, Monday, March 28, 1949.
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Corporal Frank G. Ruch was a member of the National Guard ordered into Federal Service December 23, 1940 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He served as a Lineman in Battery B, 127 Field Artillery Battalion and landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy France on July 7, 1944. Battery B fired its 1st round against the enemy July 10, 1944. He was killed in action by enemy artillery shell fragments July 12, 1944 while policing communication wire. At the time Battery B was just northwest of Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, supporting the 35th Infantry Division in its advance against St Lo, France.
Rites for Ruch On Wednesday
Funeral services for Cpl. Frank G. Ruch, 27, a native of Richardson county will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Chaney-Hodgen funeral home in charge of Rev. Harold M. Bryant. Burial will be in Steele cemetery.
Members of Company B 134th infantry of the National Guard, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will attend the services in a body and will have charge of military rites at the grave.
Cpl. Ruch was killed in action July 12, 1944, at St. Lo, France. He was temporarily buried in the U.S. military cemetery at La Cambe, France, 17 miles north of St. Lo until the body was removed to be shipped to the United States.
Cpl. Ruch was born July 8, 1917, near Barada. He was a son of Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City, and the late Gust Ruch. Feb. 19, 1940, he was married at Troy, Kas., to Miss Lucille Hall of Hiawatha. To this union, three children were born. His widow later remarried and is now Mrs. George Bentley of Rulo. His father died July 9, 1944.
Mr. Ruch was working as a farm hand near Hiawatha and was a member of Company B, 127th Field artillery battallion, the National Guard of Hiawatha, when he was mobilized into federal service with the guards at Hiawatha Dec. 23, 1940. He was sent to Camp Robinson and Nov. 14, 1941 was discharged because he was married.
He came to Richardson county and was employed on a farm south of Salem until he was recalled into active service in Feb. 1942, to the same company at San Luis Obispo, Calif. He later was transferred to Camp Rucker, Ala., and in the latter part of 1943 to Camp Butner, N.C. He sailed from New York May 12, 1944, for England.
He was killed in the St. Lo campaign while on his duties as a telephone linesman.
Sgt. Ruch is survived by two sons, Richard Lee, 8, and Billy Joe, 5, both of Rulo: a daughter, Frankie Rosetta, 6, Rulo; his mother, Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City; three brothers, Roy Ruch, Leavenworth, Kas., and Robert and Donald Ruch, both of Falls City; two sisters, Mrs. Reuben Bethke, Falls City, and Mrs. Rosa Lefforge, Hiawatha.
Falls City Journal, Falls City Nebraska, Monday, March 28, 1949.
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Corporal Frank G. Ruch was a member of the National Guard ordered into Federal Service December 23, 1940 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He served as a Lineman in Battery B, 127 Field Artillery Battalion and landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy France on July 7, 1944. Battery B fired its 1st round against the enemy July 10, 1944. He was killed in action by enemy artillery shell fragments July 12, 1944 while policing communication wire. At the time Battery B was just northwest of Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, supporting the 35th Infantry Division in its advance against St Lo, France.
Funeral services for Cpl. Frank G. Ruch, 27, a native of Richardson county will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Chaney-Hodgen funeral home in charge of Rev. Harold M. Bryant. Burial will be in Steele cemetery.
Members of Company B 134th infantry of the National Guard, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will attend the services in a body and will have charge of military rites at the grave.
Cpl. Ruch was killed in action July 12, 1944, at St. Lo, France. He was temporarily buried in the U.S. military cemetery at La Cambe, France, 17 miles north of St. Lo until the body was removed to be shipped to the United States.
Cpl. Ruch was born July 8, 1917, near Barada. He was a son of Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City, and the late Gust Ruch. Feb. 19, 1940, he was married at Troy, Kas., to Miss Lucille Hall of Hiawatha. To this union, three children were born. His widow later remarried and is now Mrs. George Bentley of Rulo. His father died July 9, 1944.
Mr. Ruch was working as a farm hand near Hiawatha and was a member of Company B, 127th Field artillery battallion, the National Guard of Hiawatha, when he was mobilized into federal service with the guards at Hiawatha Dec. 23, 1940. He was sent to Camp Robinson and Nov. 14, 1941 was discharged because he was married.
He came to Richardson county and was employed on a farm south of Salem until he was recalled into active service in Feb. 1942, to the same company at San Luis Obispo, Calif. He later was transferred to Camp Rucker, Ala., and in the latter part of 1943 to Camp Butner, N.C. He sailed from New York May 12, 1944, for England.
He was killed in the St. Lo campaign while on his duties as a telephone linesman.
Sgt. Ruch is survived by two sons, Richard Lee, 8, and Billy Joe, 5, both of Rulo: a daughter, Frankie Rosetta, 6, Rulo; his mother, Mrs. Maude Ruch, Falls City; three brothers, Roy Ruch, Leavenworth, Kas., and Robert and Donald Ruch, both of Falls City; two sisters, Mrs. Reuben Bethke, Falls City, and Mrs. Rosa Lefforge, Hiawatha.
Falls City Journal, Falls City Nebraska, Monday, March 28, 1949.
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Corporal Frank G. Ruch was a member of the National Guard ordered into Federal Service December 23, 1940 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He served as a Lineman in Battery B, 127 Field Artillery Battalion and landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy France on July 7, 1944. Battery B fired its 1st round against the enemy July 10, 1944. He was killed in action by enemy artillery shell fragments July 12, 1944 while policing communication wire. At the time Battery B was just northwest of Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, supporting the 35th Infantry Division in its advance against St Lo, France.
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