Ruth Marie (Brecht) Appelgate (1914-1975)(

BRECHT, APPELGATE, AKERS, TEMPLE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/24/2013 at 19:51:38

From Ames Daily Tribune November 24, 1975

Tuesday rites for Mrs. Appelgate

Ruth Marie Appelgate, 61, Nevada, died Nov. 22 at Mary Greeley Hospital.

Services are Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Ryan Funeral Home, Nevada, with the Rev. Fr. Franz Lohberg officiating. Burial is in the Nevada Cemetery.

Mrs. Appelgate was born Aug. 17, 1914 in Shellsburg. She and Dorrel Appelgate were married Aug. 25, 1943 in Vinton. Mrs. Appelgate was a lunchroom cook for the Nevada Community School. She was a 20-year member of the Girl Scouts and a member of St. Ann's Study Club.

Surviving are her husband, her mother, Amelia Brecht, Vinton; a son, Bill, Nevada; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Akers, Iowa Falls and Mrs. Patricia Temple, Washington, D.C., three grandchildren; a brother and a sister.