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Ruth Aralene Wheeler
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Ruth Aralene Wheeler 2 3 4
- Born: February 14, 1912, Iowa 4
- Marriage: Wallace Ernest "Wally" Broeker in February 1941 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa 1
- Died: March 18, 1987 at age 75 4
- Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa 5 6
 Noted events in her life were:
• Census, 1930, Hospital For Epileptics And School For The Feeble Minded, Cass Township, Boone County, Iowa. 7 Ruth Wheeler, inmate, female, white, age 17, single, did not attend school during the previous year, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, state code 65, could speak English, no occupation
• Social Security Administration Information. 8 Ruth Broeker; born: 15 February 1912; died: March 1987; Last residence: 52640 (Morning Sun, Louisa, Iowa); state where issued: Iowa
• Gravestone Inscription. 6 Wallace Earnest Broeker and both his wives (both named) Ruth are buried at Elmwood Cemetery near Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. The inscription on the stone is: "Broeker - Wife Ruth A. (1912-1987), Husband Wallace E. (1911-1998), Wife R. Rebecca (1915-1939)."
Ruth married Wallace Ernest "Wally" Broeker, son of William Frederick Broeker and Marie Elizabeth "Mary" Taeger, in February 1941 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.1 (Wallace Ernest "Wally" Broeker was born on August 5, 1911 near Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa,9 10 died on January 17, 1998 at the Wapello Nursing and Rehab Center, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa 1 11 and was buried on January 19, 1998 in the Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa 6 10.)
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Sources
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Wallace Ernest "Wally" Broeker's obituary (originally published in the online edition of The Hawk Eye, January 19, 1998; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa).
2
Personal knowledge or documents in the possession of Dennis William Brumm.
3
Email, snail mail, scanned photographs, telephone interviews and conversations, etc., with Marjorie Naomi (Walker) Kimble, a descendant of Charles and Eleanor Walker of Ireland/Pennsylvania.
4
Louisa County, Iowa, cemetery records at Rootsweb. entire county records for all cemeteries inclusive through the year 1997; URL: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/IA/Louisa/
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Ibid. Name: Ruth Aralene (Wheeler) Broeker; Sex: F; Born: 1912; Died or Buried: 1987; Age: 75; Buried: Elmwood (township = Morning Sun); County/State: Louisa, IA; Military Service: none; Book: LCC ©1990 - page MS-24 ; Notes: b. 14 Feb 1912; d. 18 Mar 1987.
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A photograph of the gravestone of Wallace Ernest, Ruth Aralene (Wheeler) and Ruth Rebecca (Walker) Broeker, located at Elmwood Cemetery near Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. The inscription on the stone is: "Broeker - Wife Ruth A. (1912-1987), Husband Wallace E. (1911-1998), Wife R. Rebecca (1915-1939).". Courtesy of Marjorie (Walker) Kimble and Becky (Kimble) Murphy.
7
The 1930 United States federal census. Hospital for Epileptics and School for the Feeble Minded, Cass Township, Boone County, Iowa; Enumeration District #8-6; Supervisor's District #5; Sheet 5B; Page 2648; April 4, 1930. The fifteenth enumeration of the U.S. government
8
Information from the Social Security death index online.
9
Ibid. U.S., Date of Import: Jun 3, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.32690.18 (Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 7). Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 7, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Apr 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.32690.18.
10
Wallace Ernest "Wally" Broeker's obituary (originally published in the online edition of The Hawk Eye, January 19, 1998; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa). Actually may have been January 20.
11
Information from the Social Security death index online. U.S., Date of Import: Jun 3, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.32690.18 (Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 7) Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 7, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Apr 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.32690.18.