Earnest G. Ruf
1883 - 1955 
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Name Earnest G. Ruf Born 3 Oct 1883 , , Alabama, United States 
Gender Male Died 18 Jan 1955 , , Alabama, United States Obituary 20 Jan 1955 Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States The Alabama Courier - Earnest Ruf, 71, was laid to rest today in the Germantown Cemetery after funeral services were conducted from the Sand Springs Lutheran Church, a building in which he donated $8000 to build only a few months ago. He died from a heart attack while in Athens. He collasped on the courthouse lawn Tuesday morning and died a few minutes later. It was in September that Mr. Ruf talked to a representative of this newspaper about the church which he was so proudly having built. He was about to realize a dream and he lived long enough to see it come to pass. He told of the old log building used in the bygone days where the congregation met for church services and during the week classed in arithmetic, reading and writing were held. He smiled as he remembered how the building was put together, log by log, each donated by friends and neighbors in that 1890 community.
Mr. Ruf married 45 years ago and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Barksdale Ruf. They had no children. The only other living relatives are six brothers, Paul, August, Herman, Richard, Carl and Willie, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Eberhard and Rosine Ruf, a sister, Ida Wessler, and one brother, Henry Ruf.
Buried Germantown Cemetery, Thach, Limestone, Alabama, United States Person ID I11762 Kull Family Last Modified 13 Jul 2015
Father Eberhart Ruf, b. 18 Aug 1854, , , , Germany , d. 21 Jan 1938, , , Alabama, United States Mother Rosina Eisenman, b. 14 Nov 1858, , , , Germany , d. 19 Feb 1933, , , Alabama, United States Family ID F1147 Group Sheet
Family Bertha Barksdale, b. 5 Dec 1888, , Limestone, Alabama, United States , d. 3 May 1975, , Limestone, Alabama, United States Last Modified 1 Jun 2013 Family ID F4340 Group Sheet
- Earnest Ruf, 71, was laid to rest today in the Germantown Cemetery after funeral services were conducted from the Sand Springs Lutheran Church, a building in which he donated $8000 to build only a few months ago. He died from a heart attack while in Athens. He collasped on the courthouse lawn Tuesday morning and died a few minutes later. It was in September that Mr. Ruf talked to a representative of this newspaper about the church which he was so proudly having built. He was about to realize a dream and he lived long enough to see it come to pass. He told of the old log building used in the bygone days where the congregation met for church services and during the week classed in arithmetic, reading and writing were held. He smiled as he remembered how the building was put together, log by log, each donated by friends and neighbors in that 1890 community.
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Born - 3 Oct 1883 - , , Alabama, United States 
Died - 18 Jan 1955 - , , Alabama, United States 
Obituary - The Alabama Courier - 20 Jan 1955 - Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States 
Buried - - Germantown Cemetery, Thach, Limestone, Alabama, United States 
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