Ruth (Meinders) Menke

MEINDERS, MENKE, HARBERTS, PERRY, MILLER, WRIGHT, MURPHY

Posted By: Patricia Mienders Morehouse
Date: 9/15/2008 at 23:11:35

Mason City Gazette August 16, 2002

RUTH MENKE

MASON CITY - Ruth Menke, 100, of 302 Second St. N.E., died Wednesday (Aug. 14, 2002) at Good Shepherd Health Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 329 E. State St., with the Rev. Paul Finger officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour before services Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be given to the Ruth Menke Memorial Fund.

Ruth was born Oct. 12, 1901, in Belmond, the daughter of Adolf and Abbie (Harberts) Meinders. She attended school in Belmond.

Ruth married Lambert Menke on June 25, 1924, in Mason City.

She worked for Jacob E. Decker and Sons (Armour) for 25 years, retiring in 1966.

Ruth was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Ruth is survived by three daughters, Adeline Perry, of Sedona, Ariz., Avis Miller, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Phyllis Wright and her husband, Roderick, of Mason City; son, Junior "Bud" Menke and his wife, Marcia, of Mason City; 11 grandchildren, Bobbi, Thomas, Julie, Sally, Mark, Diane, Jay, Lizabeth, Timothy, Jodie and Gregory; nine great-grandchildren.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers, two sisters, grandson William and great-grandson Matt Murphy.

Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., is in charge of arrangements.