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From: "Bob & Elaine McDowell" <>
Subject: [GV] obit: Ruff
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:47:36 -0500

> Greeley Tribune
> Greeley, Colorado
> 06-16-02
>
>
> Amelia Ruff
> Amelia "Millie" Ruff, 86, of Windsor died Saturday, June 15, at North
> Colorado Medical Center. She was born Sept. 14, 1915, in Windsor to Fred
and
> Eva Elizabeth (Herring) Ruff. Miss Ruff's parents came to Wyoming in 1912
> from Diltel, Russia. They moved to the Windsor area in 1915. She was
reared
> and educated in Windsor and worked as a housekeeper for a family, the
Olsens
> of Windsor, for many years. She also helped in a clothing store owned by
the
> family in downtown Windsor, as well as in the beet fields. She enjoyed
> crocheting, embroidering, gardening, baking and making noodles. Although
> never married, she was an important member of a large extended family. She
> was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church, Windsor. She also was a member
> of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Windsor Senior Citizens and
> Bethel Lutheran Senior Friendship Group. Survivors are a nephew, Elmer
> Walker of Windsor, and a grandniece, Linda Baldwin of Estes Park. Six
> sisters, Kathryn Ackroyd, Eva Kristina Reichert, Mary Wagner, Mollie
> Schilling, Lydia Ruff and Elizabeth Walker, and a brother, Jacob Ruff, are
> deceased. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran, 328
> Walnut, Windsor. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Windsor. Friends
> may visit from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Adamson Windsor Chapel.
Contributions
> may be made to the Bethel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.
>
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>
>
> Bob and Elaine McDowell
> Amarillo, Texas
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