Ruth Eileen (Ward) NUEHRING

NUEHRING, WARD, SCHIMMEL, THATCHER, NAVARRO, RUDA, HAAG

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/15/2010 at 11:14:44

September 26, 2007
Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, Iowa

Ruth Eileen Nuehring, 89, 401 W. 10th Ave N., Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, at her Courtyard Assisted Living home. A memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 1, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, with Ruth’s son, Craig Nuehring officiating. Inurnment was in the Clear Lake Cemetery. The family of Ruth Eileen Nuehring has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Zion Lutheran Church in her memory.

Ruth Eileen (Ward) Nuehring was born Dec. 31, 1917, in Wesley, Iowa, the daughter of George and Edith (Schimmel) Ward. She was a graduate of Britt High School and received her teaching certificate at the Normal Teaching School in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Ruth taught at a country school in Orthel Township, Hancock County for three years and worked as a key punch operator for the IRS in Kansas City for several years. She was united in marriage to Arthur Nuehring on Jan. 21, 1939, in Britt. They spent most of their married life in the Kansas City area. She is a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake. Ruth loved and enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren, and also enjoyed sewing quilts for her grandchildren and Zion Lutheran Church. She also enjoyed playing the piano and the electric organ.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Arthur Nuehring, of Clear Lake; daughter, Linda Thatcher of New Port Richey, Fla.; son, Craig (Carol) Nuehring of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Dan (Tara) Nuehring of Mankato, Minn., Matt Nuehring of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Jennifer (Erick) Navarro of New York , N.Y., Michael Ruda of Lutz, Fla., and Karin Thatcher of New Port Richey, Fla.; one great-granddaughter, Alaina Nuehring of Mankato, Minn.; and a brother, Chan (Rosemary) Ward of Clear Lake; as well as other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Edith Ward; brother, Don Ward; a sister, Dorothy Haag; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Ward. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.