Ruth A. (Kutsch) Urbain 1928-2017

KUTSCH, URBAIN, BERG, MILLER, FRASHER, LASSANCE, FLYNN, LINDAUER, COTTRELL, OBRIEN, ADAMS, DECKER, HEITZMAN, SPAUTZ, KEUTER, KEUTER

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 10/24/2019 at 13:40:06

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, June 29, 2017

EPWORTH, Iowa - Ruth A. Urbain, 88, of Epworth, Iowa, died Monday, June 26, 2017, at 11:54 p.m. at Manorcare Health Services in Dubuque, Iowa.

Friends and relatives of Ruth may call from 2 to 8 p.m., today at the Reiff Funeral Home in Epworth, Iowa, where a wake service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friends may also call after 9 a.m., Friday at the funeral home.

Services for Ruth will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 30, 2017 at St. John's Catholic Church in Placid, Iowa, with Rev. Michael Schueller presiding. Rev. Eugene Kutsch will be concelebrating. Burial will be held in St. John's Cemetery in Placid, Iowa.

Ruth was born December 26, 1928, in Dubuque, Iowa, daughter of George and Ella (Berg) Kutsch. She is a graduate of the former IC Academy in Dubuque, Iowa. On April 11, 1964, she was united in marriage to Jerome Urbain at St. Columbkille's Catholic Church in Dubuque, Iowa.

She was employed at the former Dubuque Packing Company for several years. She enjoyed helping to serve at Parish funeral dinners and attending the monthly dinners with her classmates. She enjoyed playing cards with her grandchildren and playing bingo.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Parish in Epworth, Iowa.

She is survived by her husband, Jerome Urbain, of Epworth, Iowa; 3 children, Joanne (John) Miller, of Davenport, IA, and their children, Jamie, Jana and Jay Miller; John (Van) Urbain, of Epworth, IA; and Joyce (Randy) Frasher, of Cascade, IA and their children, Samantha and Josey Frasher; her sister-in-law, Margie Kutsch, of Dubuque, IA, and sister and brothers-in-law, Mary Katherine Lassance, of Epworth, IA, Donna Flynn, of Dubuque, IA, Elaine Decker, of Fountain Hills, AZ, Jane Sweeney, of Epworth, IA, Ellen and Don Lindauer, of Cascade, IA, Nora (Bruce) Cottrell, of Dubuque, IA, Joe O'Brien, of Cascade, IA, and Bill (Karen) Adams, of Dyersville, IA.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Jeanette (Leo) Heitzman, Ethel (Joe) Spautz, a twin sister, Rose (Ryan) Keuter; brothers, George Kutsch, Robert Kutsch and Eldon Kutsch; sisters-in-law, Joanne Adams and Monica O'Brien; and brothers-in-law, Dave Lassance, John Flynn, Bud Decker and Lloyd Sweeney.
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