SAMS, Ruth Catherine (nee Demorest) 1912-2002

SAMS, SCHWALM, DEMOREST

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/6/2009 at 10:23:05

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RUTH SAMS

OSAGE - Ruth Sams, 89, of Osage died Saturday (Aug. 3, 2002) at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, (641) 732-3706.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Aug. 4, 2002

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RUTH C. SAMS

OSAGE - Ruth C. Sams, 89, of Osage, died Saturday (Aug. 3, 2002) at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the United Church of Christ in Osage. The Rev. Karen Nichols Dungan will officiate. Interment will be at the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church on Saturday.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, (641) 732-3706.

[Globe Gazette, Aug. 5, 2002]

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Ruth Catherine Sams, age 89, of Osage, died on Saturday, August 3, 2002, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, August 10, at the United Church of Christ in Osage. The Rev. Karen Dungan will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Ruth C. Sams, was born and raised in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Wilbur and Minnie (Schwalm) Demorest. She attended the University of Iowa where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. While in college Ruth met and then married Joseph H. Sams on June 18, 1939 in Muscatine. They moved to Des Moines while Joe attended law school. In 1941 after his graduation, they moved to Osage. At that time Ruth began working for the ration board. After the war they became parents of four children. Eventually, Ruth began work as a secretary at the Lincoln Elementary School in Osage. She retired in 1983.

Ruth was a member of the United Church of Christ, PEO, Eastern Star, as well as a lifelong member at the Sunny Brae Country Club. She enjoyed playing golf, bridge and bowling.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joe in 1966; and one infant grandchild.

Survivors include two daughters, Deborah (Marc) Usatin of Walnut Creek, California and Jane (Kent) Osboe of Austin, Minnesota; two sons, Joe (Cindy) Sams of Sugarland, Texas and John (Beth) Sams of Savage, Minnesota; 10 grandchildren; and one sister, Ellamae Ratcliff of Muscatine, Iowa.

[ Mitchell County Press - August 7, 2002 ]

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SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX:

SAMS, RUTH C.
B: 07 Sep 1912
D: 03 Aug 2002
AGE: 89
RES: 50461 (Osage, Mitchell, IA)
SSN: Iowa 481-18-7997