STROMER, Ruby E. (1908-2006)

STROMER, BOVENMYER, DEWITT, UPMEYER, BIRKENHOLZ, KNIGHT, ADKINS, ROBBINS, GOLL, GATES, DOBLE, LOWE, ROLLAND, BREDLOW, PATTISON

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/11/2016 at 14:18:26

Ruby E. Stromer, 1908-2006

October 4, 2006

Ruby E. Stromer, 97, of Garner, died on Monday, September 25, 2006, at the Concord Care Center, Garner.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, September 29, at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner with the Rev. Tim Diehl officiating. Music was provided by organist, Margaret Jass and pianist, Mary Etherington. Special music was provided by a vocal quartet of Joleen Rolland, Gary Moore, Dorothy DeVary and David Stromer. Ushers were Virgil DeVary, Byron Stromer and Willis Davison.

Family casket bearers were Terry Stromer, Kent Bovenmyer, David Stromer, Richard Stromer, Jon DeWitt, Russell Stromer, Doug Upmeyer, Bob Birkenholz, Ken Knight and William Adkins. Burial was in the Concord Township Cemetery. The Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Ruby Evelyn Stromer, the daughter of John and Viola (Robbins) Goll, was born on September 29, 1908, on a farm southwest of Garner. She attended the rural schools of Liberty Township and graduated from the Garner High School in 1926. She received her teaching certificate and taught in the rural schools of Hancock County.

On February 13, 1929, she was married to Aaron Stromer at the Peace Reformed Church parsonage south of Garner. They made their home on a farm south of Garner. Ruby enjoyed gardening, crafts, playing cards and wintering in Texas.

She was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church where she was active in the Women's Fellowship, Adult Bible Study and was a Sunday School Teacher. She belonged to the Liberty Belles and Sunshine Club, was a 4-H Leader for many years and served on the Hancock County Extension Council.

Ruby is survived by her daughters, Vivian Bovenmyer of Garner and Marian (Allan) DeWitt of Garner; daughters-in-law, Harriet Stromer of West Des Moines and Thelma (Robert) Gates of Lake Tahoe, Nevada; 12 grandchildren, Linda (Doug) Upmeyer, Michelle (Joel) Doble, Pam (Robert) Birkenholz, David (Kim) Stromer, Terry (Julie) Stromer, Carol (Ken) Knight, Annette Lowe, Richard (Nibal) Stromer, Russell (Kristen) Stromer, Kent (Rebecca) Bovenmyer, Joleen (Steve) Rolland, Jon (Glynis) DeWitt and Vicki (William) Adkins; 34 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lola Goll and Mildred Bredlow, both of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron; sons, Norman and Delwyn Stromer; son-in-law, Dwight Bovenmyer; grandsons, Gerald Stromer, Randall Stromer, Lee DeWitt and Neil DeWitt; and a sister, Marie Pattison.

©The Garner Leader & Signal 2006