EDINA, Mo. — Miss Ruth Marguerite Schlepphorst, 72, of Edina, died at 3:03 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 18, 1986) in Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, where she had been a patient since Dec. 24.
Miss Schlepphorst was born in Edina Dec. 4, 1913, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Zurborg Schlepphorst. She was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Edina and Gem City Business College in Quincy, Ill.
Miss Schlepphorst was employed as a secretary most of her life and was employed many years by Irwin Paper Co. in Quincy. She returned to Edina in 1964 as secretary of the former Cornelius Implement Co., retiring in 1978.
Surviving are a brother, Paul Schlepphorst of Trenton; and two sisters, Florence Schlepphorst and Mrs. John (Bernadine) Haddick, both of Edina.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina by the Rev. Hugh Behan. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
The Kriegshauser Funeral Home at Edina is handling arrangements.
Page 12 of Quincy Herald Whig, published in Quincy, Illinois on Monday, January 20th, 1986
EDINA, Mo. — Miss Ruth Marguerite Schlepphorst, 72, of Edina, died at 3:03 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 18, 1986) in Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, where she had been a patient since Dec. 24.
Miss Schlepphorst was born in Edina Dec. 4, 1913, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Zurborg Schlepphorst. She was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Edina and Gem City Business College in Quincy, Ill.
Miss Schlepphorst was employed as a secretary most of her life and was employed many years by Irwin Paper Co. in Quincy. She returned to Edina in 1964 as secretary of the former Cornelius Implement Co., retiring in 1978.
Surviving are a brother, Paul Schlepphorst of Trenton; and two sisters, Florence Schlepphorst and Mrs. John (Bernadine) Haddick, both of Edina.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina by the Rev. Hugh Behan. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
The Kriegshauser Funeral Home at Edina is handling arrangements.
Page 12 of Quincy Herald Whig, published in Quincy, Illinois on Monday, January 20th, 1986
Family Members
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Louis Edward "Ed" Schlepphorst
1896–1952
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Clara C. Schlepphorst
1898–1898
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Lawrence Bernard Schlepphorst
1900–1961
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John Henry Schlepphorst II
1902–1976
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Mary Louise Schlepphorst Mayer
1904–1965
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Clara Bernadine Schlepphorst
1906–1979
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Florence Loretto Schlepphorst
1908–2000
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Paul Raymond Schlepphorst
1910–1993
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Bernadine Cecilia Schlepphorst Haddick
1917–2008
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