Ruth Elizabeth Bly Schrieber 1917-1920

SCHRIEBER

Posted By: Beverly Gerdts (email)
Date: 3/29/2026 at 07:17:43

The Wapello Tribune, Wapello, IA
Thursday April 1, 1920
Page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schrieber of Oakville are mourning the death of their daughter Ruth who succumbed to measles at their home Sunday morning at 8 o'clock after ten days of illness. The other three children have been ill with the disease but are improving. Ruth Elizabeth Bly youngest child of Otto and Emily Schrieber was born in Oakville November ? 1917 and died March 21, 1920. Besides the parents she leaves one sister and two brothers, Margaret, Albert and John. The body was brought to Wapello Monday afternoon for burial and a brief service held at the cemetery conducted by Rev. Pillmeier and Rev. Coventry.