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Toney, Ruth E.
Ruth E. Toney, 72, of Belle Plaine, formerly of Waterloo, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a short illness. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Rector Cemetery, rural Chelsea, by the Rev. Dean Duncan. Friends may call at Hrabak Funeral Home in Belle Plaine from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Survivors include three sons, Ron Toney Jr., and Jim (Crystal) Toney, both of Elberon, and Brian (Kassey) Toney of Belle Plaine; two daughters, Deb (Larry) Stull and Peggy (Trelys) Mitchell, both of Belle Plaine; two brothers, Paul (Edie) Wolters of Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Carl (Darla) Wolters of Independence, Mo.; a sister, Ann Wolters of Concordia, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, the Rev. Herman and Anna Wolters; a sister, Shirley Fredrickson; brothers, Donald and John Wolters; son, Bruce Toney; and great-grandson, Blake Stull.
Ruth started the Cedar Valley Food Bank in Waterloo, where she had lived for many years.
A memorial fund has been established.
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