OBITUARY: Ruth M. Thatcher, 1910-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, June 16, 1996 (edited)] Ruth M. Thatcher OSAGE, IOWA--Ruth M. Thatcher, 85, died Saturday (June 15, 1996) at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Center. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Champion Funeral Home with the Rev. Rick Magstadt officiating. The body was cremated and there is no visitation. Burial of the cremains will be at a later date in Lyons, Neb. Ruth M. Thatcher was born Nov. 16, 1910 in Ossian. Survivors include one son, Stephen Thatcher of Osage; one brother, Cornell Mayer of Alexandria, Va.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, and two sisters. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)