Ruth Ann Toborg
TOBORG, WINDER, HAMMOND, LEAD, BERKHOFF, SCHAFER, SCHNEIDER
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Date: 12/28/2018 at 16:09:20
Wapello Republican, August 29, 1935, page 1
Word was received here Monday, August 26th, of the death of Mrs. Henry Toborg, of Muscatine, which occurred at 1:45 p.m., at the Bellevue hospital in Muscatine. She had undergone an operation two weeks before from which she never recovered.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, August 28th, at 2:30 p.m., from the Musserville M. E. church, of which she had been a member for many years. The beautiful flowers and the large crowd attending bespoke the esteem in which she was held. "To know her is to love her," a great mother to her own family or anyone else who needed mothering. She was always cheerful and uncomplaining, even in ill health.
Ruth Ann Winder Toborg was born January 13, 1880, at Wapello. She attended the rural schools and Wapello high school. She is the daughter of Alexander and Tabitha Winder. May 13, 1902, she married Henry C. Toborg, at Muscatine. Besides the husband the following children survive; H. Carl Toborg, Maple Grove road, Muscatine, Roy E. Toborg at home with his father; a child Ruth, died in infancy; one grandchild, Patricia Ann Toborg also survives. She leaves the following brothers" P. R. Winder and Homer R. Winder, Wapello; besides a host of other relatives and friends.
Attending the funeral from Wapello were: Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Winder and son Allen, daughters Florence and Murray, P. R. Winder, Mrs. Hazel Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lead, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berkhoff, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Schafer, Mr. And Mrs. George Schneider, and Mrs. Mary E. Schneider and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schneider and son Howard.
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