Ruby Marie (Schramm) LACKORE

LACKORE, SCHRAMM, HESLEY, SMITH, GARRETT, KLASSEN, MUNSEN, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/6/2010 at 12:15:00

Ruby M. Lackore, 91, of Garner, died on Monday, January 14, 2008, at the Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, January 18, at the United Methodist Church in Garner, with Rev. Dr. Stephen McDuff officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City. The Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Ruby Marie Lackore, the daughter of Gustav and Lydia (Hesley) Schramm, was born on October 11, 1916, on a farm northwest of Garner. She graduated from the Ventura High School in 1934. Following high school, she worked on the farm with her sister and brother-in-law. Ruby studied art and professionally hand colored photographs for local portrait studios. On April 23, 1973, she was married to Clark P. Lackore in Mason City. Ruby enjoyed gardening, playing the piano and reading. She was a 4-H Leader, Ventura Garden Club member, a volunteer for Duncan Heights and Opportunity Village and was a nominee from Hancock County to the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame in 1991. She served as a Hancock County Soil Conservation District Commissioner, was the Hancock County Farm Bureau Women’s Chairperson for many years and was active in her political party.

She is survived by five great nieces and their families, Lesley Lackore of Ames, Joleen (Kevin) Smith and their two daughters, Abbie and Claire of Belmond, Cheryl (Mark) Garrett and her son, Brenton Lackore of Clear Lake, Rachelle (Rick) Klassen and their son, Jacob of Palm Desert, California and Raleene (Doug) Munsen of Phoenix, Arizona; and a niece, Doreen (Richard) Johnson of Garner. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clark; two sisters, Floy Lackore and Evelyn Schramm; and a nephew, Doran (Betty) Lackore.

January 23, 2008
The Garner Leader & Signal - Iowa