Jackson-Wapello-Polk County IA Archives Military Records.....Ruff, Lt. Russell July 7, 1944 WWII U. S. Navy ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com March 11, 2010, 4:04 am Lt. Ruff Missing At Sea Jackson Sentinel and Maquoketa Excelsior, July 7, 1944 LT. RUSSELL RUFF REPORTED MISSING IN SEA TRAGEDY Lt. (jg) Russell Ruff, 34, was reported missing after a minesweeper was sunk in a collision off the Atlantic coast last Thursday evening, it was learned here this week. A former coach at Des Moines, Lt. Ruff was a native of Ottumwa, where his parents reside. Surviving besides the parents and two sisters, is the wife, the former Marion Ellis of Maquoketa, who has been residing at Newport, R.I. Mrs. Ruff is expected to arrive here soon. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/military/ww2/other/ruff31nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb