OBITUARY: Ruth Catherine (Demorest) Sams, Mitchell County, Iowa



                        Ruth C. Demorest Sams

[ Mitchell County Press-News online -- circa Aug. 8, 2002 ]
                        
Funeral services for Ruth Catherine Sams, age 89, of Osage will be at 10:30
am Saturday, August 10, 2002 at the United Church of Christ in Osage.  The
Rev. Karen Dungan will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before the
service at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at the Osage Cemetery.
Ruth died Saturday, August 3, 2002 at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Ruth C. Sams was born and raised in Muscatine, IA, the daughter of Wilbur
and Minnie (Schwalm) Demorest. She attended the University of Iowa where
she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. While in college Ruth met and
then married Joseph H. Sams on June 18, 1939 in Muscatine. They moved to
Des Moines while Joe attended law school. In 1941, after his graduation,
they moved to Osage. At that time Ruth began working for the ration board.
After the war they became parents of four children. Eventually, Ruth began
work as a secretary at Lincoln Elementary School in Osage. She retired in
1983.

Ruth was a member of the United Church of Christ, PEO, Eastern Star, as
well as a lifelong member at Sunny Brae Country Club. She enjoyed playing
golf, bridge and bowling.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, husband Joe in 1966 and one
infant grandchild.

Survivors include two daughters Deborah (Marc) Usatin of Walnut Creek, CA,
Jane (Kent) Osboe of Austin, MN, two sons, Joe (Cindy) Sams of Sugarland,
TX, John (Beth) Sams of Savage, MN, 10 grandchildren and one sister, Ellamae
Ratcliff of Muscatine, IA.




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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