allas, TX. There are 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. One sister survives, Rachel (Luke) Hamilton, Bancroft. Ruth is preceded in death by her husband Duane (1993), infant children: Gerald, Eva and Timothy; parents, Lorenz and Eva Gisch; brothers, John (Mary), Larry (Nina), Barney (Irene); sisters Mary (Joe) Lichter, Fern (Bill) Specht and Dorothy (Wilfred) Kohlhaas.