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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271146
Title: Ruth A. Werchau
Date: 5/2/1942-10/3/2023
Inscription/Marks: 5/2/1942
Summary: Ruth Ann Werchau, 81, New Salem, ND, passed away October 3, 2023, at Sanford Medical Centerin Bismarck, ND. Funeral services were held October 7, 2023, at Peace Church in New Salem with Pastor Darrel Allison officiating. Inurnment was at the Judson Cemetery. Ruth Ann Werchau was born May 2, 1942, in Mandan,ND. She grew up in Judson, ND, and graduated from New Salem High School in 1960. She married Wayne Werchau on May 4, 1963, at the Zion Evangelical Church in Judson. Together the couple had three children, Bonnie and twin boys, Kevin and Steven. Ruth Ann was just as kind hearted as she was strong willed. She enjoyed spending time with her family, fishing (only for walleye, not bass), gardening, sewing, card playing, and making sausage and homemade noodles. Ruth Ann also loved to keep track of all her family history. She had a book of all different obituaries and family genealogy. Ruth Ann worked for over twenty years as the secretary at Peace Church, where she also sang in the choir and was a member of the Women’s Guild. She will be remembered for her kind hearted nature. Ruth is survived by her husband, Wayne, of New Salem; daughter, Bonnie Toepke, of New Salem; twin boys, Kevin Werchau and Steven (friend Cindy) Werchau, both of New Salem; grandchildren, Jamie Myers, Hollie (Jared) Kautzman; great-grand-triplets, Landry, Graeme, Camryn; sister, Alyce Mae Koch, of Indiana; brother, Jerome (Lauretta) Wolff, of Judson; sister-in-law, Gloria Klug, of Dickinson, ND; brother-in-law, Martin (Meredyth) Werchau, of New Salem; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Art and Sophia; brothers-in-law, Gene Koch and George Klug; and niece, Katherine Wolff.
Red ID: FND_I_78634 Image ID: 594912 Image Notes: FND001 271146

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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