Hargrave, Ruth A.

HARGRAVE, ODORNEY, ABELE, PAPKE, HATHEWAY, MELBERG, HYATT

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 3/16/2010 at 16:51:33

The Clinton Herald
March 4, 2010
Ruth A. Hargrave
Associated Press

Monticello — Ruth A. Hargrave, age 98, of Monticello, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 Friday morning, March 5, 2010, at the United Church of Monticello. The Rev. Edwin Moreano will officiate at the services. Interment will be in the Memory Gardens Cemetery, Iowa City, at 2:00 p.m. Friends may call from 4 until 6 Thursday at Goettsch Funeral, Monticello. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving is her daughter, Jennifer (Michael) O’Dorney and grandson, Evan of Danville, California; 2 stepchildren, James (Juanita) Hargrave, Monticello and Linda Abele, Olin; 4 step-grandchildren, 4 stepgreat-grandchildren, 12 nieces and 5 nephews.

Ruth Agnes Papke was born November 19, 1911, at Sabula, Iowa. She was the daughter of Paul Emil and Louisa Hatheway Papke. Ruth graduated from the Sabula High School in 1928. She then attended Iowa State Teachers College graduating in 1930. She taught in Lamoille, Rockwell City, Fort Dodge, Davenport, Iowa City, Iowa, and later in Sea Side and Waterford, Connecticut. Ruth continued her education at the University of Iowa and Connecticut College for Women. Ruth also worked at the Iowa Sailors and Soldiers Orphans Home near Davenport.

Ruth Agnes Papke and Elmer T. Melberg were married June 17, 1939, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa. The couple made their home in Iowa City. Their daughter, Jennifer, was born on July 8, 1955. He preceded in death on June 17, 1963.

Ruth Agnes Papke Melberg and Herbert Hyatt were married August 7, 1965. The couple resided in Santa Ana, California. Herbert preceded her in death on April 8, 1968. Ruth continued to live in Santa Ana until July 11, 1983, when she married Glenn Hargrave on July 11, 1983, at St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Monticello, Iowa. Glenn preceded her in death on July 10, 1991. Ruth had been a resident of the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center the past 13 years.

Ruth had been a member of the Lamoille Women’s Club, the Ebell Club in Santa Ana and a charter member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Iowa City. She was currently a member of the United Church of Monticello and the Martha Circle.

Death date: March 2, 2010