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Submitted: 8/24/22 • Approved: 8/25/22 • Last Updated: 8/28/22 • R533141-G533139-S3
Abel Ruga
March 30, 1922-April 21, 1984
Kathryn Acker Ruga
December 28, 1926-June 20, 1999
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Abel Ruga
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Abel Ruga
Death Date: 21 Apr 1984
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Abel Ruga
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1922
Birth Place: Fajaroo, Puerto Rico
Death Date: Apr 1984
Father: Henry Ruga
Mother: Tomasa Benitez
Notes: Oct 1945: Name listed as ABEL RUGA
*Obituary Kathryn Acker Ruga
HEREFORD - Kathryn Acker Ruga, 72, died Sunday, June 20, 1999.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in West Park Cemetery with Dr. Ed Williamson of First United Methodist Church in Big Spring officiating. Arrangements are by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home of Hereford.
Mrs. Ruga was born and raised in Deaf Smith County. She was a registered nurse and a member of First United Methodist Church. She also was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution and Deaf Smith County Historical Society.
She married Abel Ruga in 1951 at Opelousas, La. He died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, Glenn Ruga of Spearman; a daughter, Dianne Learned of New Hampshire; two sisters, Helen Rose and Mary Ann Carroll, both of Hereford; and two grandchildren.
The family will be at 331 Star St. They suggest memorials be to American Cancer Society.
(Published in Amarillo Online Newspapers 22 June 1999)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Kathryn Jane Acker
Date of Birth: 28 Dec 1926
Gender: Female
Birth County: Deaf Smith
Father's name: Clifford C Acker
Mother's name: Mary Jane Fox
Roll Number: 1926_0001
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Kathryn Jane Acker
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1926
Birth Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Mother: Mary Jane Fox
U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948
Name: Kathryn Acker
Issue Date: May 1944
Educational Institution: St Anthony's Hospital
School Location: Amarillo, Texas
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Kathryn Jane Ruga
Death Date: 20 Jun 1999
Death County: Deaf Smith
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Kathryn Jane Acker
[Kathryn Jane Ruga]
[Kathryn Ruga]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1926
Birth Place: Hereford Dea, Texas
Death Date: 20 Jun 1999
Father: Clifford C Acker
Mother: Mary J Fox
Notes: Jun 1947: Name listed as KATHRYN JANE ACKER; Aug 1954: Name listed as KATHRYN JANE RUGA; 26 Jun 1999: Name listed as KATHRYN J RUGA
Contributed on 8/24/22 by neldapat
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