Ruth A. Crain 1946 - 2013

CRAIN, GOERNDT, EGGERS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/2/2013 at 11:37:50

Sioux City Journal
11 June 2013

SIOUX CITY | Ruth A. Crain, 66, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013, at Touchstone Living Center following a lengthy illness with small cell lung cancer.

Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in McCook Lake Cemetery, North Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service.

Ruth was born on Sept. 1, 1946, in Avon, S.D., the daughter of Robert and Gladys (Goerndt) Eggers.

On May 15, 1963, Ruth was married to John "Butch" Crain in Rapid City, S.D. They later divorced. Ruth was a homemaker and a very loving, caring mother.

Ruth is survived by four sons, John Crain of Sioux City, Patrick (Karen) Crain of Rodney, Iowa, Edward (Stephanie) Crain of Austin, Texas, and Michael (Robin) Crain of Dakota Dunes, S.D.; one daughter, Julie (Ricky) Gardner of Sioux City; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, Francis (Mary) Eggers, Stan (Deb) Eggers and David (Carol) Eggers; and four sisters, Ethel (Don) Berndt, Jane (George) Osborne, Marge (Pat) Pullin and Mary Ann Rucktaeschel.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her stepfather, Robert Seiner; one brother, James Eggers; an infant sister, Georgia Eggers; and one brother-in-law, Duane Rucktaeschel.