Ruth Pauline Cortese, age 86, of Little River, TX passed away Friday March 22, 2013 at her home. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday March 26 at Harper-Talasek Funeral home in Temple, TX.
Ruth was born December 14, 1926 in Bartlett, TX to Walter and Irene Friedrich Steglich. She married Vince Cortese on November 4, 1951. She graduated from Bartlett High School and the Scott & White School of Nursing in Temple, TX and retired after 40 years of nursing.
She was a member of the Scott & White Pioneers, The Republican Women's Club and the Bell County Extension Homemakers.
She was preceded in death by her parent and sister Nettie Mae Freudenberg.
Survivors include her husband, Vince; sons Richard (& wife Nancy) Cortese of Little River and Perry Cortese of Little River; daughters Jackie McLaughlin of Little River and Beverly (& husband Michael) Simmang of Austin, TX; sister Mary Ann Gerick of Portland, TX; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
∼Parents - Walter Otto Steglich & Irene "Frederick" Steglich
Ruth was born December 14, 1926 in Bartlett, TX to Walter and Irene Friedrich Steglich. She married Vince Cortese on November 4, 1951. She graduated from Bartlett High School and the Scott & White School of Nursing in Temple, TX and retired after 40 years of nursing.
She was a member of the Scott & White Pioneers, The Republican Women's Club and the Bell County Extension Homemakers.
She was preceded in death by her parent and sister Nettie Mae Freudenberg.
Survivors include her husband, Vince; sons Richard (& wife Nancy) Cortese of Little River and Perry Cortese of Little River; daughters Jackie McLaughlin of Little River and Beverly (& husband Michael) Simmang of Austin, TX; sister Mary Ann Gerick of Portland, TX; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
∼Parents - Walter Otto Steglich & Irene "Frederick" Steglich
Ruth Pauline Cortese, age 86, of Little River, TX passed away Friday March 22, 2013 at her home. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday March 26 at Harper-Talasek Funeral home in Temple, TX.
Ruth was born December 14, 1926 in Bartlett, TX to Walter and Irene Friedrich Steglich. She married Vince Cortese on November 4, 1951. She graduated from Bartlett High School and the Scott & White School of Nursing in Temple, TX and retired after 40 years of nursing.
She was a member of the Scott & White Pioneers, The Republican Women's Club and the Bell County Extension Homemakers.
She was preceded in death by her parent and sister Nettie Mae Freudenberg.
Survivors include her husband, Vince; sons Richard (& wife Nancy) Cortese of Little River and Perry Cortese of Little River; daughters Jackie McLaughlin of Little River and Beverly (& husband Michael) Simmang of Austin, TX; sister Mary Ann Gerick of Portland, TX; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
∼Parents - Walter Otto Steglich & Irene "Frederick" Steglich
Ruth was born December 14, 1926 in Bartlett, TX to Walter and Irene Friedrich Steglich. She married Vince Cortese on November 4, 1951. She graduated from Bartlett High School and the Scott & White School of Nursing in Temple, TX and retired after 40 years of nursing.
She was a member of the Scott & White Pioneers, The Republican Women's Club and the Bell County Extension Homemakers.
She was preceded in death by her parent and sister Nettie Mae Freudenberg.
Survivors include her husband, Vince; sons Richard (& wife Nancy) Cortese of Little River and Perry Cortese of Little River; daughters Jackie McLaughlin of Little River and Beverly (& husband Michael) Simmang of Austin, TX; sister Mary Ann Gerick of Portland, TX; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
∼Parents - Walter Otto Steglich & Irene "Frederick" Steglich
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