Ruth Catherine JORGENS

1920 - 2002  (81 years)

• Name	Ruth Catherine JORGENS
  Birth	5 May 1920	Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1920-20856
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2002-MN-008828
  Social Security Number	471-72-1536 issued in Minnesota in 1972
  Death	12 Mar 2002	Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota
  Burial	15 Mar 2002	Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota
  Notes	Referred to as Catherine Jorgens in the cemetery records for Richard R. Runkle. Her gravestone calls her “R. Catherine.” Ruth Catherine Runkle, 81, of Grand Meadow, died Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at the Grand Meadow HealthCare Center where she lived. She was born May 5, 1920, in Frankford Township, to John and Cora (Skogstad) Jorgens. She graduated from Grand Meadow High School in 1936. On March 15, 1939, she married Richard Runkle at the Bear Creek Lutheran Church. Together they farmed in the Bear Creek area. She was an accordion player and was very active in her church. She enjoyed visiting, traveling, gardening and flowers. Survivors include sons, David C. Runkle, Lakewood, Colo.; Steven P. (Diane) Runkle, Minnesota City; daughter, Marcheta (Richard) Allen, Grand Meadow; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 1999, a great-grandchild, a daughter-in-law.
  Person ID	I6990	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	John JORGENS,   b. 31 Jul 1884, Minnesota d. 27 Jan 1975, Fillmore County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Cora Mathilda SKOGSTAD,   b. 20 Feb 1889, Minnesota d. 24 Nov 1976, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1913	Mower County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F3542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard Roy RUNKLE,   b. 13 Jul 1916, Mower County, Minnesota d. 14 Nov 1999, Fillmore County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1939
  Family ID	F5351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016