Agnes Marie Dinges Ruder (1909-2003)

Agnes Marie Dinges Ruder

Birth

19 Sep 1909

Schoenchen, Ellis County, Kansas, USA

Death

9 May 2003 (aged 93)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA

Burial

Saint Joseph Cemetery

Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 3, Block 1, Lot 6, Grave 6

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Agnes Marie Ruder, 93, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 9, 2003, at St. Ann's Nursing Home, Oklahoma City, OK. She was born September 19, 1909, in Schoenchen, KS to Joseph Anthony and Catherine (Werth) Dinges. She grew up on a farm near Schoenchen, KS.

On May 20, 1930, she married Alfred Ruder. They were happily married for 62 years.

She enjoyed fishing, camping, playing bridge, bowling, golfing and traveling. Many hours were spent in her kitchen preparing wonderful meals for her family and friends. A devout Catholic, she was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and the Altar Society.

She was a loving mother of two sons, Maurice, and wife Frankie of Yukon, OK, Norman and wife Susie of Rio Verdes, AZ and Hays, KS; granddaughters: Susan Lee and Jolene Ruder, Yukon, OK, Linda Ruder of Hays, KS and Kathy Taylor and husband Roger of Cave Creek, AZ; two grandsons: Terry Ruder and wife Cynthia of Edmond, OK and Doug Ruder of Victoria, KS; nine great-grandchildren; two great great granddaughters; two brothers: Father Anthony Dinges of Crewe, VA and Frank Dinges of Denver, CO; six sisters: Susie Ubert, Kitty Beyers and Mary Pfannenstiel, all of Hays, KS, Martina Ruder of Plainville, KS, Rose Smith of Lakewood, CO, Pauletta Hamel of Annandale, VA; numbers of loving nieces and nephews, and others relatives and fiends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Bridget Werth and brothers Fidelis and Theodore Dinges, one grandson, N.J. Ruder, and husband Alfred Ruder. Her sister, Bertha Rayl of Dallas TX, passed away on May 9, 2003, the same day that Agnes died.

A Memorial Mass will be held Monday at 10:00 a.m., St. Ann's Nursing Home, 9400 St. Ann's Drive, Oklahoma City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 215 W. 13th St., Hays, KS with burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Hays. Hays Memorial Chapel.

The family would like to express their thanks to Fr. Don Moore and all the staff at St. Ann's for their loving care given to Agnes these last nine years.

Memorials may be made to St. Ann's Nursing Home, 9400 St. Ann's Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73162 or St. John's New Horizons, 2010 E. 25th St., Hays, KS 67601. Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary, 13125 N. MacArthur 720-1439.

Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, 5/11/2003