"The Messenger"
September 13, 1976
Fort Dodge Iowa. page 7.
"Felix Ruthart"
Lehigh--Felix Ruthart, 63, died early Monday morning at Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, where he had been a patient for one week.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Lehigh, with burial in the Otho Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Lehigh VFW Post.
Carson Funeral Home, Dayton is in charge where friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss Vikki Ruthart, Lehigh; son, Nicholas, Chula Vista, Calif. where he is chief petty officer in the U. S. Navy; one granddaughter; brothers, Joe and Vic, both of Lehigh; sisters, Mrs. Norman Johnson, Callender; Mrs. Josephine Schoeberlein, Montana; Mrs. Lawrence Irish, Lehigh, and Miss Beverly Ruthart, Fort Dodge.
Mr. Ruthart was born in Austria and came to the Madrid, Iowa, area in 1914. For the past 55 years, he had lived in Lehigh.
In 1934, he married Violet Bloomquist at Lehigh. She died in 1975.
Mr. Ruthart had worked at the U.S. Gypsum mills in Fort Dodge for the past 26 years.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Lehigh VFW; the Lehigh American Legion Post; Lehigh Senior Citizens and the Teamsters Union in Fort Dodge.
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WWII Enlistment Record.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Austria
State of Residence: Iowa
County or City: Webster
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 43
Weight: 089
New York Passenger List 1820-1957.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Arrival Date: 19 Dec 1945
Birth Year: abt 1919
Age: 26
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Muhlenberg Victory
September 13, 1976
Fort Dodge Iowa. page 7.
"Felix Ruthart"
Lehigh--Felix Ruthart, 63, died early Monday morning at Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, where he had been a patient for one week.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Lehigh, with burial in the Otho Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Lehigh VFW Post.
Carson Funeral Home, Dayton is in charge where friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss Vikki Ruthart, Lehigh; son, Nicholas, Chula Vista, Calif. where he is chief petty officer in the U. S. Navy; one granddaughter; brothers, Joe and Vic, both of Lehigh; sisters, Mrs. Norman Johnson, Callender; Mrs. Josephine Schoeberlein, Montana; Mrs. Lawrence Irish, Lehigh, and Miss Beverly Ruthart, Fort Dodge.
Mr. Ruthart was born in Austria and came to the Madrid, Iowa, area in 1914. For the past 55 years, he had lived in Lehigh.
In 1934, he married Violet Bloomquist at Lehigh. She died in 1975.
Mr. Ruthart had worked at the U.S. Gypsum mills in Fort Dodge for the past 26 years.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Lehigh VFW; the Lehigh American Legion Post; Lehigh Senior Citizens and the Teamsters Union in Fort Dodge.
******
WWII Enlistment Record.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Austria
State of Residence: Iowa
County or City: Webster
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 43
Weight: 089
New York Passenger List 1820-1957.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Arrival Date: 19 Dec 1945
Birth Year: abt 1919
Age: 26
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Muhlenberg Victory
"The Messenger"
September 13, 1976
Fort Dodge Iowa. page 7.
"Felix Ruthart"
Lehigh--Felix Ruthart, 63, died early Monday morning at Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, where he had been a patient for one week.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Lehigh, with burial in the Otho Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Lehigh VFW Post.
Carson Funeral Home, Dayton is in charge where friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss Vikki Ruthart, Lehigh; son, Nicholas, Chula Vista, Calif. where he is chief petty officer in the U. S. Navy; one granddaughter; brothers, Joe and Vic, both of Lehigh; sisters, Mrs. Norman Johnson, Callender; Mrs. Josephine Schoeberlein, Montana; Mrs. Lawrence Irish, Lehigh, and Miss Beverly Ruthart, Fort Dodge.
Mr. Ruthart was born in Austria and came to the Madrid, Iowa, area in 1914. For the past 55 years, he had lived in Lehigh.
In 1934, he married Violet Bloomquist at Lehigh. She died in 1975.
Mr. Ruthart had worked at the U.S. Gypsum mills in Fort Dodge for the past 26 years.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Lehigh VFW; the Lehigh American Legion Post; Lehigh Senior Citizens and the Teamsters Union in Fort Dodge.
******
WWII Enlistment Record.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Austria
State of Residence: Iowa
County or City: Webster
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 43
Weight: 089
New York Passenger List 1820-1957.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Arrival Date: 19 Dec 1945
Birth Year: abt 1919
Age: 26
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Muhlenberg Victory
September 13, 1976
Fort Dodge Iowa. page 7.
"Felix Ruthart"
Lehigh--Felix Ruthart, 63, died early Monday morning at Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, where he had been a patient for one week.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Lehigh, with burial in the Otho Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Lehigh VFW Post.
Carson Funeral Home, Dayton is in charge where friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss Vikki Ruthart, Lehigh; son, Nicholas, Chula Vista, Calif. where he is chief petty officer in the U. S. Navy; one granddaughter; brothers, Joe and Vic, both of Lehigh; sisters, Mrs. Norman Johnson, Callender; Mrs. Josephine Schoeberlein, Montana; Mrs. Lawrence Irish, Lehigh, and Miss Beverly Ruthart, Fort Dodge.
Mr. Ruthart was born in Austria and came to the Madrid, Iowa, area in 1914. For the past 55 years, he had lived in Lehigh.
In 1934, he married Violet Bloomquist at Lehigh. She died in 1975.
Mr. Ruthart had worked at the U.S. Gypsum mills in Fort Dodge for the past 26 years.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Lehigh VFW; the Lehigh American Legion Post; Lehigh Senior Citizens and the Teamsters Union in Fort Dodge.
******
WWII Enlistment Record.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Austria
State of Residence: Iowa
County or City: Webster
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 43
Weight: 089
New York Passenger List 1820-1957.
Name: Felix Ruthart
Arrival Date: 19 Dec 1945
Birth Year: abt 1919
Age: 26
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Muhlenberg Victory
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