Lt. Russell Ruff (died 1944)

RUFF, ELLIS

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 3/10/2010 at 22:01:02

Jackson Sentinel and Maquoketa Excelsior, July 7, 1944

LT. RUSSELL RUFF REPORTED MISSING IN SEA TRAGEDY

Lt. (jg) Russell Ruff, 34, was reported missing after a minesweeper was sunk in a collision off the Atlantic coast last Thursday evening, it was learned here this week.

A former coach at Des Moines, Lt. Ruff was a native of Ottumwa, where his parents reside. Surviving besides the parents and two sisters, is the wife, the former Marion Ellis of Maquoketa, who has been residing at Newport, R.I. Mrs. Ruff is expected to arrive here soon.