RUECHEL, Josephine H. 1903-1996

RUECHEL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/4/2010 at 11:32:44

Josephine H. Ruechel, 1903-1996

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Josephine H. Ruechel, 93, of St. Ansgar, died on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1996, at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Chris F. Gugel officiating.

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.

Josephine H. Ruechel was born April 22, 1903, in Newburg Township, Mitchell County.

Survivors include two daughters, Lorraine Koster of St. Ansgar, and Marlene Yost of LeRoy, Minn.; one sister, Roselyn Trudeau, of Mason City; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, and one granddaughter.

[From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1996 (edited)]