RUGGER, Virginia Mabel (Bauer) 1928-2020

RUGGER, BAUER, ANDERSEN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 8/21/2020 at 07:20:14

Biography

Virginia Mabel Rugger, 92, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 at Deery Suites of the Western Home Communities of natural causes.

She was born July 24, 1928 in Cedar Falls the daughter of Ervie and Evelyn Andersen Bauer. She was a 1946 graduate of Waterloo East High School.

She married John E. Rugger in 1948 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls, they were later divorced.

After High School she worked in the office of Rath Packing Company, following marriage and after her boys started school she worked for an optometrist, and then for 18 years as secretary for the Machinist Union Hall’s business agent.

She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Evansdale, where she was a church secretary for several years. She loved to dance and exercise, her favorite class being Pilates.

Survived by: one son, David Rugger of Waterloo; one grandson, Troy (Stephanie) Rugger of Independence, two great-grandchildren, Teylor and Chase and one sister-in-law, Mary Bauer of Cedar Falls.

Preceded in death by: her parents; one son, Kenneth Rugger; two brothers, Glen and Kenneth Bauer in infancy.

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Services:
Monday, August 24, 2020, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Evansdale, Iowa

Cemetery:
Garden of Memories Cemetery

Memorials:
may be directed to UnityPoint Hospice.

SOURCE: Kearns Funeral Service