Ruth Grafft

RUTH A. GRAFFT

Marengo

Ruth A. Grafft, 76, of Marengo, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Marengo Memorial Hospital. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Marengo, with the Rev. Andrew Gray officiating. Burial: Marengo Cemetery. Visitation: 3:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, at the church.

Memorials may be contributed to Safe Haven of Iowa County, Marengo Hospital Foundation or Camp Courageous.

Arrangements are with Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

Ruth is survived by her husband of 55 years, Garth; three sons, Kevin (Julie) of Chanhassen, Minn., Gary (Janet) of Marengo and Brian (Amanda) of Tiffin; nine grandchildren, Ivan and Ben Grafft, Noah and Lily Grafft, Kayla Fiser (Jon), Greg and Kaitlyn Ash and Peyton and Brady Grafft; two great-grandchildren, Kinley and Harper Fiser; and a brother, Galen Eiben (Jayne) of Shell Rock.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Ray Eiben.

Ruth Ann Eiben was born April 13, 1939, in Monticello, Iowa, the daughter of Ben Eiben and Sophia Lubben Eiben. She graduated from Monticello High School with the class of 1956, and attended Cedar Rapids Business College. Ruth and Garth Grafft were united in marriage on Sept. 4, 1960, at St. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, rural Monticello.

Ruth worked at Monticello State Bank and then in the office of Cherry-Burrell and also LeFebure in Cedar Rapids. The couple relocated in 1963 to Marengo, where she was co-owner and operator of Big G Grocery Store.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Marengo.

Ruth was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She cherished time spent with family and attending the grandchildren's activities. She loved her cats and dogs, and looked forward to "coffee time" with her friends.

Online condolences: www.klosterfuneral

home.com.