Engrav, Ruby M. (Olson) 1912-2005

ENGRAV, CHRISTENSEN, OLSON, ANDERSON, FOSSUM, HELGEMOE, BAKKUM, MOE, JAHR

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Date: 10/16/2005 at 21:02:13

Ruby Engrav

Funeral services for Ruby Engrav were held Tuesday, September 6, at Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. James Glesne and Rev. Bryan Robertson. Burial was be in Oakland Cemetery in Waukon. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah was in charge of arrangements

Ruby Martha Engrav was born July 1, 1912, on the family farm in Allamakee County, near Waukon, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Clara (Christensen) Olson. She was baptized at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church by Pastor Fjelde. She was confirmed on October 24, 1926 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon by Rev. William Rasmussen. In 1919, Ruby and her family moved to Waukon. She graduated from Waukon High School with the Class of 1930.

She was united in marriage to Henry Engrav October 17, 1936, in the parsonage of Decorah Lutheran Church by Rev. Ole Glesne. To this union three children were born, Doris, Helen, and Loren.

The couple made their home in Waukon and later in Postville. In 1950, the family moved to Decorah. They became members of Decorah Lutheran Church. Ruby enjoyed teaching Sunday school, vacation bible school and participating in the women’s organization at the church. She was an avid reader.

Ruby died Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, following a brief illness at the age of 93 years.

Survivors include a son, Loren (Candace) Engrav of Bellevue, Wash.; a grandson, Peter (Teresa) Engrav of Seattle, Wash.; a granddaughter, Rebecca Engrav and her husband Joon-Ho Yu of Seattle; two great-grandchildren, Charlotte Engrav and Hope Yu; her sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Bernice Engrav of Lewiston, Minn., Henriette Engrav of Rushford, Minn., Emma (Melvin) Anderson of Waukon, Iowa, Clarence Engrav and Forrest Engrav, both of Mabel, Minn.; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Henry in March 28, 1996; two daughters, Doris Mae in 1939 at the age of nine months and Helen Elaine in 1944 at the age of four years; a sister, Amy Fossum in 2004; and her sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Helen Engrav, Erna and Halvor Engrav, Marie and Melvin Helgemoe, Irene and Arnold Bakkum, Edna and Juel Moe, Esther and Raymond Jahr, Judith and Lawrence Engrav, Cora and Carl Christensen, Lloyd Engrav, and Leonard Engrav.

Waukon Standard, September 7, 2005