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Ruth
Mullins PRAIRIE
CITY — Ruth Mullins, 92, of Prairie City, formerly of Lake City, died Friday,
Feb. 1, at Clearview Manor in Prairie City. Funeral services will be Tuesday at
11 a.m. at the Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City with the Rev. Betty Weidert
officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. at Highland Cemetery in Churdan.
Friends may call today from 3 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home where the family
will be present from 7 to 8 p.m. The daughter of Garfield A.
and Emma C. Wenck Steigerwalt, she was born in rural Glidden. She attended
country schools and graduated in 1927 from Glidden High School. She married Alfred
Mullins June 5, 1931, in Jefferson. They lived on a farm in rural Paton before
moving to a farm in rural Lake City. Mrs. Mullins worked at a cafe and in the
dietary department at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital from 1962 to 1972,
when she retired. She enjoyed gardening and the Chicago Cubs. Survivors
include a daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Harold Timmons of Prairie City,
three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, two great great grandchildren and
a sister, Eva Wiedemeyer of
Carroll. She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, two sisters, an
infant daughter and a great-grandson. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, February 4, 2002. |
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