Logan county Illinois Obituary of Ruth Louise Schrader Apel Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Obituary of Ruth Louise Schrader Apel Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family Association Ruth Apel, 91, of Lincoln died at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, November 27, 2004 at Lincoln Christian Village. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ, Charity Guild at her church, former choir member at St. Johns. She was the former Secretary/Treasurer of the Lincoln Home Extension, a lifetime member of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She attended Rothchild School, West Lincoln, Lincoln Community High School and Lincoln Business College. She was born August 5, 1913 in West Lincoln township the daughter of Harry C. and Louise (Coorts) Schrader. She married Carl Apel, June 6, 1952 (Bock family records 1937) in Lincoln. He preceded her in death in 2003 (April 2002). She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one sister, Alice L. Mote. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, December 2, 2004 at St Johns United Church of Christ with Rev. Richard Reinwald officiating. Burial was in New Union Cemetery in Lincoln. Visitation was held thirty minutes prior to the service at the Church. Holland and Barry, Ltd. Funeral Directors Memorials may be made to St. Johns United Church of Christ of Lincoln Christian Village.