HOEPPNER, Ruth B. 1911-1999

HOEPPNER, GATES, ALTENHEIN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/30/2010 at 12:25:38

CEDAR FALLS -- Ruth B. Hoeppner, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1999, at home of advanced lung disease.

She was born Nov. 8, 1911, in Popejoy, daughter of Roy E. and Alta Ann Gates Altenhein. She married Harold W. Hoeppner in Traer. He died Sept. 23, 1983.

Survived by: a daughter, Jo Nickel of Cedar Falls; three sons, Donald of Cedar Rapids, Curtis of Rockford, Ill., and Eldon of Reinbeck; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Roger Altenhein of Traer and Robert of Cedar Falls.
Preceded in death by: a son, Vernon; and two brothers, John and Paul Altenhein.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church, Cedar Falls, with burial at 1 p.m. in Reinbeck Cemetery, Reinbeck. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and for an hour before services Friday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Association, American Diabetes Foundation or the church.

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