WOLFF, Ruth Ida (Hobbs) 1919-2002

WOLFF, HOBBS, SEFFINGA

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/21/2009 at 12:01:11

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RUTH IDA WOLFF

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Ruth Ida Wolff, 83, of St. Ansgar, died Friday (April 19, 2002) at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Byron Northwick officiating. Burial will be in the St. Ansgar Cemetery, St. Ansgar.

Visitation will be after 10 a.m. at the church on Monday. Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home of St. Ansgar is in charge of arrangements.

Ruth was born in Osage on March 17, 1919, to Lee and Agnes (Seffinga) Hobbs. She was baptized on Sept. 1, 1930, at the Congregational Church in Osage and later confirmed on Feb. 19, 1939, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar.

Ruth was united in marriage to Theodore Wolff on Aug. 1, 1936, at the Congregational Church, Osage. Ruth loved her family and her church.

She has spent the last 33 years as a resident of the Good Samaritan Center.

Ruth is preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Gary; two brothers, Hilmar and Merle, and one sister, Mary.

Ruth is survived by two sisters, Beverly Griga, of St. Ansgar, and Carol Power, of Osage; 13 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild, and also the loving staff of the Good Samaritan Center.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, (641) 736- 4920.

Globe Gazette, April 21, 2002
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Ruth Ida Wolff

Funeral services for Ruth Ida Wolff, age 83, of St. Ansgar, who died Frinday, April 19, 2002 at the St. Ansgar Good Samaritan Center were held Monday, April 22, 2002 at Immanuel Lutheran Church here, with Pastor Byron Northwick officiating. burial was in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.

Ruth was born in Osage, Iowa on March 17, 1919 in Osage to Lee and Agnes (Seffinga) Hobbs. She was baptized on September 1, 1930 at the Congregational Church in Osage and later was confirmed on February 10, 1939, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar.

Ruth was united in marriage to Theodore Wolff on August 1, 1936 at the Congregational Church, Osage. Ruth loved her family and her church. She spent the last 33 years as a resident of the St. Ansgar Good Samaritan Center.

She is survived by two daughters, Beverly Griga of St. Ansgar and Carol Power of Osage; 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and also the loving staff of the Good Samaritan Center.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Gary; two brothers, Hilmar and Merle and one sister, Mary.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar was in charge of arrangements.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 2002 - from the St. Ansgar Museum Collections]

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RUTH IDA WOLFF

ST. ANSGAR - Ruth Ida Wolff, 83, of St. Ansgar, died Friday (April 19, 2002) at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on today at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Byron Northwick officiating. Burial will be in the St. Ansgar Cemetery, St. Ansgar.

Visitation will be after 10 a.m. today at the church. Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home of St. Ansgar is in charge of arrangements.

Ruth was born in Osage on March 17, 1919, to Lee and Agnes (Seffinga) Hobbs. She was baptized on Sept. 1, 1930, at the Congregational Church in Osage and later confirmed on Feb. 19, 1939, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar.

Ruth was united in marriage to Theodore Wolff on Aug. 1, 1936, at the Congregational Church, Osage. Ruth loved her family and her church.

She has spent the last 33 years as a resident of the Good Samaritan Center.

Ruth is preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Gary two brothers, Hilmar and Merle; and one sister, Mary.

Ruth is survived by two daughters, Beverly Griga, of St. Ansgar, and Carol Power, of Osage; 13 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and also the loving staff of the Good Samaritan Center.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, (641) 736- 4920.

Globe Gazette, April 22, 2002

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