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Hargrave, Ruth A.
Ruth A. Hargrave, 98, of Monticello, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held 11 Friday morning, March 5, at the United Church of Monticello. The Rev. Edwin Moreano will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Iowa City, at 2 p.m. Friends may call from 4 until 6 today at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.
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In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the United Church of Monticello.
Surviving are her daughter, Jennifer (Michael) O'Dorney, and grandson, Evan, of Danville, Calif.; two stepchildren, James (Juanita) Hargrave, Monticello, and Linda Abele, Olin; four stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; 12 nieces and five nephews.
Ruth Agnes Papke was born Nov. 19, 1911, at Sabula, Iowa. She was the daughter of Paul Emil and Louisa Hatheway Papke. Ruth graduated from Sabula High School in 1928. She then attended Iowa State Teachers College, graduating in 1930. She taught in Lamoille, Rockwell City, Fort Dodge, Davenport, Iowa City, Iowa and later in Sea Side and Waterford, Conn. Ruth continued her education at the University of Iowa and Connecticut College for Women. Ruth also worked at the Iowa Sailors and Soldiers Orphans Home near Davenport.
Ruth Agnes Papke and Elmer T. Melberg were married June 17, 1939, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa. The couple made their home in Iowa City. Their daughter, Jennifer, was born July 8, 1955. Elmer preceded her in death on June 17, 1963. Ruth Agnes Papke Melberg and Herbert Hyatt were married Aug. 7, 1965. The couple resided in Santa Ana, Calif. Herbert preceded her in death on April 8, 1968. Ruth continued to live in Santa Ana until July 11, 1983, when she married Glenn Hargrave on July 11, 1983, at St. Luke's Methodist Church, Monticello, Iowa. Glenn preceded her in death on July 10, 1991. Ruth had been a resident of the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the past 13 years.
Ruth had been a member of the Lamoille Women's Club, the Ebell Club in Santa Ana, and a charter member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Iowa City. She was currently a member of the United Church of Monticello and the Martha Circle.
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