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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Herald Francis RUFF I
 Birth

8 October 1899

Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Occupation

12 September 1918

farmer for his father; Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death

7 December 1975

Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA (Pulaski Memorial Hospital)
Burial

10 December 1975

St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
SSN

 

307-40-8774 (Indiana, 1955-1956). Last residence: Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana;
Note

 

Herald died of acute myocardial infarction (from death certificate);
Marriage

18 August 1925

Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
FatherFrank Francis RUFF
MotherClara Emma HARE
WIFE Gertrude Regina SCHULTZ
 Birth

27 September 1901

Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
Death

21 June 1986

R.R. 1, Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Burial

24 June 1986

St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
SSN

 

313-50-5175 (Indiana, 1963). Last residence: Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana;
FatherHenry SCHULTZ
MotherAnna P. BREIDENBACH
CHILDREN

F

Rose Mary RUFF
 Birth

3 August 1926

Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death

14 November 2012

Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA (Pulaski Memorial Hospital)
Burial

19 November 2012

St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Marriage

18 June 1947

Albert James WEAVER; St. Peter Catholic Church, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA

F

Margery Ann RUFF
 Birth

15 November 1927

Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death

6 October 2009

her residence at 5930 S. Wirick St., Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Burial

9 October 2009

St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
SSN

 

307-28-4908 (Indiana, bef. 1951). Last residence: Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana;
Marriage

30 June 1948

Raymond Eugene PENN; St. Peter Catholic Church, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA

M

Harold Francis "Bud" RUFF II
 Birth

16 November 1928

Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death

19 January 2013

Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA (Hickory Creek)
Marriage

23 July 1953

Kathleen Alice BOWERS;
Marriage

4 August 1973

Edna Lois "Lois" MYERS; Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA

F

Joanne Gertrude RUFF
 Birth

9 July 1930

Indian Creek Township, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death

21 July 2015

Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA (Hickory Creek at Winamac)
Burial

 

McKinley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Note

 

Joanne died of respiratory failure (from death certificate);
Marriage

13 September 1952

Joseph William SCHMICKER;
Marriage

29 July 1978

John Andrew RATER Sr.; Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA

M

Otto James "Ott" RUFF
 Birth

15 May 1939

Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA
Graduation

1957

Star City High School, Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Death

16 May 2024

Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Burial

21 May 2024

St. Joseph Cemetery West, Pulaski, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA
Occupation

 

employee of Dean Foods and later Wilson Foods;
Marriage

12 November 1960

Donna Joanne WHITE; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA

F

Nancy Marie RUFF
 Birth

6 June 1941

Star City, Pulaski County, Indiana, USA

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