"The family has my sympathy. I recall the tragic day Ruth and Art lost their son Dick. He was so young and it was hard to understand at my age. God bless the family and may Ruth be at peace."
In loving memory of
Ruth Lieberknecht
May 8, 1917 - December 14, 1999
Ruth Lieberknecht LETTS - Ruth Lieberknecht 82, of Letts, died Tuesday Dec. 14, 1999, as the result of an automobile accident near Letts. Services will be at 10:30 Saturday at the Letts Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mary Ruth Lieberknecht was born on May 18, 1917, in Davenport, the daughter of Arthur G. and Anna Mabel Brookhart Wells. She married H. Arthur Liebernecht on June 19, 1935, in Carlock, Ill. She worked for the H. J. Heinz Co. until her retirement. She was a member of the Letts United Methodist Church and U.M.W. for 49 years. Survivors include her sister-in-laws, Susie Wells of Letts, Jeanette Woodard of Moline, Ill., Mary Fern Stedman of Madison, Wis., Miriam Taylor of Biloxi, Miss.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arthur; a son, Richard ''Dickie'' Lieberknecht; two brothers, Richard and Arthur Wells; and two sisters, Norma Wells and Alice Sodeman.