DALLUGE, Ruth S. 1913-1999

DALLUGE

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 4/14/2009 at 20:40:29

RUTH S. (BIRCHARD) DALLUGE

GRAFTON, IOWA - Ruth S. Dalluge, 86, died Monday (Oct. 11, 1999) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, with the Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial will be in Grafton Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Today at Champion Funeral Home in Osage and will continue one hour prior to services at the church Thursday.

Ruth was born Jan. 25, 1913, at home in Grafton, the 11th of 16 children born to John and Emma (Glauwitz) Bork. Ruth was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton. She graduated from Grafton high School in 1932.

On June 27, 1937, she was married to Birchard Dalluge at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton. They made their home in Grafton and shared 57 years together until Birchard passed away in 1995. To this marriage was born a son, Larry, and a daughter, Mary.

Ruth enjoyed baking sweets and sharing them with her family and friends. She also spent her time knitting and reading and was an avid Hawkeye fan. She was an active member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, participating in her circle, quilting days and teaching Sunday School, and together she and Birch were active members of the Stewardship and Evangelism Committee for many years.

Ruth is survived by her daughter, Mary Trettin and her husband, Robert, of Waterloo; a son, Larry Dalluge and his wife, Carol, of Grafton; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Irene Hartwig and Elsie Kline of Grafton, Linda Bartz of St. Ansgar, and Genny Furness of Cedar Rapids.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Birchard; one grandchild, Timothy Trettin; one great-grandchild, Christian Dalluge; and six brothers and five sisters.

[Globe Gazette]