Stella Mae Ruschill
1901 - 1992 (91 years)-
Name Stella Mae Ruschill Born 29 Jun 1901 Davenport, Scott County, Iowa 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 29 Sep 1992 Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2] Buried 02 Nov 1992 Saint John's Cemetery, Flint River Township, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2] Person ID I210 Wunnenberg Last Modified 22 Mar 2023
Father Frank Ruschill, b. 22 Jan 1877, Austria , d. 19 Apr 1951, Flint River Township, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 74 years) Mother Martha Sommerfelt, b. 06 Sep 1879, Germany , d. 1964, Iowa (Age 84 years) Married 26 Feb 1901 [2] - Marriage information for announcement for 50th wedding annivarsary, Burlington Hawkeye Gazette, 21 Feb 1951.
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Family Harry Chris Lucas, b. 01 Feb 1899, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 26 Jun 1990, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 91 years) Married 23 Feb 1921 Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa [2, 3] Last Modified 18 Mar 2018 Family ID F83 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 29 Jun 1901 - Davenport, Scott County, Iowa 
Married - 23 Feb 1921 - Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa Died - 29 Sep 1992 - Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Buried - 02 Nov 1992 - Saint John's Cemetery, Flint River Township, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - 90th birthday celebration announcement, Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, 23 June 1991, page 23.
- Stella Mae Lucas, 91, of rural Sperry, died at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at Burlington Medical Center.
Born June 29, 1901, at Davenport, she was the daughter of Frank and Martha Sommerfeld Ruschill. She married Harry C. Lucas on Feb. 12, 1921, in Dodgeville. He died June 26, 1990.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ and its Ladies Guild and a 50-year member of Bell Rebekah Lodge in Sperry.
Survivors include five sons, Allan Lucas of Crawfordsville, Wilbur Lucas of Montrose, Lloyd Lucas of Burlington, Russell Lucas of West Burlington and mMrvin Lucas of Thomas, Ill.; three daughters, Marcille Walker of Burlington and Erma Baker and Shirley Granaman, both of Sperry; two sisters, Beatrice Mehmken of Sperry and Hattie Nelson of Galesburg, Ill; 23 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 14 step great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a step great-great-grandchild. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, two brothers and a sister.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Lunning Chapel. The funeral for Mrs. Lucas will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. John’s United Church of Christ with the Rev. Duane Cavins and Dean Moberg officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery. A memorial has been established for St. John’s United Church of Christ.
Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. Wednesday, 30 September 1992, page 11.
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- 90th birthday celebration announcement, Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, 23 June 1991, page 23.
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