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Wegner, Ruth Lehniger
Ruth Lehniger Wegner, 96, of Strawberry Point, died Aug. 9, 2011, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at St. Sebald Lutheran Church, rural Strawberry Point, with Pastor Lin Reichstatder officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Roberson Funeral Home in Strawberry Point and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in the Taylorville Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Ron (Lois) Wegner of Cedar Rapids and Dennis (Jane) Wegner of Delhi; two sisters, Florence Gosse of Rudd and Walley Wolfe of Maynard; and six grandchildren.
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