Ruth C. Ruthenberg

RUTH RUTHENBERG MUSCATINE, Iowa - Ruth C. Ruthenberg, 98, of 2421 Lutheran Drive, died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at Lutheran Homes where she was residing. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the St. Mathias Church, 215 W. Eighth St. Most Reverend William Franklin, Bishop of the Davenport Diocese will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. There will be no visitation and the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish. Mrs. Ruthenberg was born on Sept. 21, 1904, in Muscatine, the daughter of Henry and Catherine Neff Wittman. She married Elmer L. Ruthenberg on Sept. 30, 1930, in Muscatine. He preceded her in death in 1965. Ruth was a member of the St. Mathias Church and the Lady of the Elks. She worked for Muscatine Power and Water for 38 years retiring in 1970 as a purchasing agent. She is survived by one sister, Edie Gremmel of Muscatine. She is preceded in by her parents, her husband, one brother, Clement Wittman, and two sisters, Frances Burkhamper and Mildred Wittman. [more]

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