Obit: Weyhmiller, Ruth (1916-2003)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Weyhmiller, Oestreich, Lucht, Hoeffel

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald 3 May 2003)

Weyhmiller, Ruth Elsie (19 May 1916- 1 May 2003)

LOYAL-- Ruth Elsie Weyhmiller, 86, Loyal, died May 1, 2003, at the Colonial Center in Colby.

Services will be Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Loyal. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday at the Cuddie Funeral Home.

Ruth was born May 19, 1916 in the town of Loyal to Charles and Elsa (Oestreich) Lucht. She married Dale V. Weyhmiller on September 12, 1936, at St. Anthony's parsonage in Loyal. Her husband preceded her in death on May 11, 1984. Ruth farmed with her husband on his family's farm, for 50 years. She moved to Loyal in 1986.

She is survived by her three sons, James (Judith) Weyhmiller of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Thomas (Joan) Weyhmiller of Littleton, Colorado, and Richard (Joy) Weyhmiller of Rockford, Illinois; one daughter, Judith (Peter) Hoeffel of Woodbury, Minnesota; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.