Don Edward Ruth 1926 - 2014
RUTH, SORENSON, ANKERSTJERNE
Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/4/2014 at 13:58:09
Sioux City Journal
25 February 2014ONAWA, Iowa | Don Edward Ruth, 87, of Onawa passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at his home with his companion, Ardis Christofferson, at his side.
A celebration of life service will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Plumm Crazy Event Facility, 908 Iowa St., in Onawa. Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Service in Onawa.
Don was born on June 7, 1926, in Onawa, the son of George and Anena (Sorenson) Ruth. Don grew up on the Ruth farm in Monona County and attended school in Whiting, Iowa.
He married Joyce Ankerstjerne in 1945. They spent nearly 50 years together and had five children. He farmed with his father and was a pioneer in using irrigation to improve yield on the Ruth farm. In the early 1960s, his love of boating inspired Don and Joyce to develop the Lighthouse Marina and Campground on the Missouri River at Gumbo Point.
After his retirement, Don spent his summers on the Ruth farm, farming with his brother, Richard, and his nephew, Ryan. He wintered on Lake Okeechobee in Florida, where he loved to fish for bass.
Don is survived by his five children, Connie McCandless, Catherine Bryson, Celinas Althoff (aka Candace), Ronald Ruth and Randal Ruth; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; his sister, Evon Gibson; and brother, Richard Ruth.
Memorials may be given in Don's memory to the Whiting Athletic Booster Club, 606 West St., Whiting, IA 51063.
Monona Obituaries maintained by Linda Ziemann.
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