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Beck, Ruth June
Ruth June Beck, 76, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at the Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center following a lingering illness. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Luzerne with Pastor Michael Musick officiating. Burial will be in Rector Cemetery, Chelsea. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the church.
She is survived by her husband, Albert; daughters, Jean (Jim) Vandivier of Cedar Rapids and Susan Farrens of Lenox, Iowa; son, Gary of Media, Pa.; sister, Darlene Hoover of Sheffield Lake, Ohio; brothers, Bobby Oehlerich of York, Neb., and Don Oehlerich of Albert City, Iowa; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
Arrangements are with the Hrabak Funeral Home.
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