DOANE, Ruth H. (KOENEN) (1923-2015)

DOANE, GERDES, HANSON, HAUGLAND, JENSEN, KOENEN, MEYER, OLDAG, QUINLAN, SCHEFFERS

Posted By: Jennifer Gunderson (email)
Date: 12/27/2020 at 20:53:48

SHEFFIELD | Ruth H. Doane, 92, of Sheffield died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at Sheffield Care Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Thornton United Methodist Church, Thornton, with Gerald "Red" Haugland officiating.

Interment will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Thornton United Methodist Church. Memorials may be directed to the Ruth H. Doane Memorial Fund. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com .

Ruth was born Feb. 11, 1923, on a farm outside of Latimer, Iowa, the daughter of Jacob and Bertha (Gerdes) Koenen. She married B.J. Doane July 5, 1941, in Ava, Missouri. She worked alongside her husband on the family farm for many years. Ruth was a member of Thornton United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school and was an active member of the U.M.W. Ruth was a loving grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.

Ruth is survived by her daughter, Karen (Jim) Quinlan of Swaledale; son, Larry (Janice) Doane of Thornton; grandchildren, Connie (Blake) Jensen of Essex, Robert (Angela) Quinlan of Rockwell, Matthew Doane of Great Falls, Montana, and Melissa Doane of Thornton; great-grandchildren, Tate, Shea and Riley Anne Jensen, McKenna Quinlan, Paige Scheffers and Magdalena Doane; sister, Minnie Meyer of Latimer.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, husband, B.J. Doane; 3 sisters and their husbands, Ione (Wilbert) Meyer, Stiennette (Edwin) Hanson and Alberta (George) Oldag; and brother-in-law, Verne Meyer.

Source: Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa). Jun 28, 2015. Updated Oct 4, 2018. Web.