O'Day, Ruth (1920 - 2013)

ODAY, WILKE, SCHMIDT, HARTWIG, JONES, HARPER, MAHLBERG, JENKINS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 2/13/2013 at 18:05:41

Submitted by Marthann Kohl, posted by permission

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Mass of Christian Burial for 93 year old Ruth O'Day of Dunlap will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, February 12th at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dunlap. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap. Ruth passed away on Saturday, February 9th at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center. Survivors include 3 children Peggy Wilke of Omaha, Bill (Bonnie) O'Day of Dunlap and Pat (Gary) Schmidt of Harlan. Fouts Funeral Home in Dunlap is in charge of arrangements where visitation will begin at 2pm on Monday, February 11th. Family will greet friends from 4 to 7pm with a scripture service at 7.

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Source: foutsfuneralhome.com

Ruth Augusta (Hartwig) O'Day was born on January 31, 1920, near Dunlap, Iowa in the Galland's Grove area to Amil and Mary (Jones) Hartwig. She attended Mill Creek and #5 Country Schools. On March 21, 1937, Ruth married Dell O'Day at the Lutheran Church's parsonage in Harlan, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Galland's Grove area on Dell's family farm. They moved into Dunlap in 1974.

Ruth was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Altar Society and the Galland's Grove Neighborhood Club. She always carried a deck of cards in her purse so she would be ready to play euchre at a moments notice. She liked to sew; she always had a big garden and was a wonderful cook. Ruth devoted 18 years to taking care of her daughter, Shelly.

Ruth died on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunlap, Iowa at the age of 93 years and nine days.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Mary Patricia and daughter Shelly ~ she was 18 years old and had cerebral palsy; husband, Dell O'Day on October 21, 2006; son-in-law, Kenny Wilke; brother, Harold Hartwig; and three sisters, Gladys Harper, Helen Mahlberg and Edith Jenkins. She is survived by her three children, Bill O'Day and his wife Bonnie of Dunlap, Iowa, Peggy Wilke of Omaha, Nebraska and Pat and her husband Gary Schmidt of Harlan, Iowa; nine grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; nine great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law, Rita Hartwig of Dunlap, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends.

VISITATION
Monday, February 11
2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Fouts Funeral Home
Highway 307 Court St. Dunlap, IA 51529

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
Tuesday, February 12
2:00 PM
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Highway 30 & Y St. Dunlap, IA 51529