Ruth Marie Juedeman Steele was born on August 26, 1922 in Tuskegee, Oklahoma to William August Juedeman and Helena Kathrina Reinhardt Juedeman. She passed from this life on Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma having reached the age of 92 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Ruth married Kenneth Ivan Steele on June 1, 1943 in Edna, Oklahoma, and he preceded her in death on June 26, 1999. She was raised in Edna, Oklahoma, and graduated from Bristow High School and Oklahoma Teacher’s College in Edmond, Oklahoma. She taught school in Edna, Oklahoma during World War II while Kenneth was overseas, and after the war she started her family. Kenneth had a career in the United States Air Force so they were able to live in Georgia, Ohio, Texas, England, and Germany before settling in Burkburnett, Texas after his retirement in 1969. Ruth began teaching fourth grade again in Burkburnett, Texas in 1966 and continued for twenty-one years. Upon the death of Kenneth, Ruth remained in Burkburnett until 2006 then she moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. *
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 31 at Poteet Funeral Chapel, Pawnee, with Rev. Don Brown officiating. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 31 at Poteet Funeral Chapel, Pawnee, with Rev. Don Brown officiating. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery.
Ruth Marie Juedeman Steele was born on August 26, 1922 in Tuskegee, Oklahoma to William August Juedeman and Helena Kathrina Reinhardt Juedeman. She passed from this life on Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma having reached the age of 92 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Ruth married Kenneth Ivan Steele on June 1, 1943 in Edna, Oklahoma, and he preceded her in death on June 26, 1999. She was raised in Edna, Oklahoma, and graduated from Bristow High School and Oklahoma Teacher’s College in Edmond, Oklahoma. She taught school in Edna, Oklahoma during World War II while Kenneth was overseas, and after the war she started her family. Kenneth had a career in the United States Air Force so they were able to live in Georgia, Ohio, Texas, England, and Germany before settling in Burkburnett, Texas after his retirement in 1969. Ruth began teaching fourth grade again in Burkburnett, Texas in 1966 and continued for twenty-one years. Upon the death of Kenneth, Ruth remained in Burkburnett until 2006 then she moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. *
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 31 at Poteet Funeral Chapel, Pawnee, with Rev. Don Brown officiating. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 31 at Poteet Funeral Chapel, Pawnee, with Rev. Don Brown officiating. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery.
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