Obit: Whitney, Ruth Loretta (1917 - 2018)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bleckschmidt, Ostling, Prohaska, Rabeht, Retzlaff, Runnhein, Schultz, Shepherd, Whitney

----Source: the Ladysmith News (Ladysmith, WI) 4/02/2018

Whitney, Ruth Loretta (Shepherd) (11 NOV 1917 - 1 APR 2018)

Ruth Loretta (Shepherd) Whitney passed away on Jan. 20, 2018 at Ladysmith Care Community.

Ruth was born on Nov. 11, 1917 to Ernest and Cora (Petty) Shepherd in Springfield, Neb. She attended school in Springfield married Herbert H. Whitney on Dec. 18, 1933. They moved to Wisconsin in the 1940s and farmed in Catawba and the Kennan area.

They operated the Soda Grill in Catawba until purchasing Whitney Bar and Grill in 1945 in Catawba. She worked at the Catawba and Kennan schools, Northern Sash and Door (Jen-Wen) and Phillips Plastics. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Catawba.

Ruth is survived by her daughter, Cora (James) Schultz of Ladysmith and seven grandchildren, Wanda (John) Bleckschmidt, Dale (Lori) Prohaska, Wendy (Dave) Retzlaff, Connie (Nick) Runnhein, Patty (Vic) Rabeht, Jay (Missy) Schultz, Joelle Schultz and Bart (Meghan) Schultz. She is further survived by 19 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herbert Whitney; her daughters, G. Janet Prohaska and Janice Ostling; her grandsons, Mike Ostling and Mitch Schultz; her great-grandson, Scott Rabehl and all of her siblings, Oswald, Martha, Vera, May, Berdetta, Bob, Ernest and DarrelL

There will be a celebration of life at 11 a.m. on May 5 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Catawba for Ruth and her daughter, Janice (Whitney) Ostling.
 

 

 


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