OBITUARY: Ruth Emma (Kirchgatter) Braun, 1911-2003, Worth Co., Iowa

[Adapted from: Northwood Anchor online - posted 1-7-2004]
 

                             

                           Ruth Emma Braun

Funeral services for Ruth Emma Braun, 92, were Dec. 22 at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Iowa, with Rev. Norman Stubbendick and
Pastor Gary Olson officiating. Interment was at Garden of Memories
in Waterloo. Ruth died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, at Rosewood Estates,
Waterloo.

Ruth Emma Braun was born in St. Ansgar, Iowa, on May 25, 1911, the
daughter of Albert and Selma (Grapp) Kirchgatter. She was baptized in
1911 and confirmed in 1926. Ruth was raised and attended country school
in and around St. Ansgar. She married Roy Braun on April 16, 1930. They
moved quite often early in their marriage and in 1946 they settled in
the community of Waterloo.

Roy preceded her in death on Sept. 23, 1976, and Ruth continued to make
her home in Waterloo. For the past couple of years, she had resided at
Rosewood Estates. Ruth was active in the ladies auxiliary of the Local
1835 Union and was also a past president.

Survivors include a son, Marvin (Mary Lou) Braun of Waterloo; two
daughters, Elaine (Paul) Myers of La Porte City and Margaret (Bob)
Hartman of Waterloo; brother, Lloyd Kirchgatter of Tracy, California;
sister, Doris Hanson of Northwood; 14 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren
and 10 great-great-grandchildren;

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers,
a sister and a great-grandson.


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