Ruth J. Young
Ruth June Young, age 87, of Berlin, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at Brown Wilcox Retirement Home in Berlin.
She was born November 22, 1936, in the Township of Nekimi, the daughter of Carl and June Koepke Smietanski. Ruth was a 1954 graduate of Omro High School. On April 7, 1956, she was united in marriage to Russell Young at Grace Lutheran Church in Omro. They farmed for many years and raised their family near Auroraville.
Ruth enjoyed sewing, weaving, painting, creating arts and crafts and volunteering at Second Time Around Shop in Berlin. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Auroraville.
She is survived by her two sons, Steve (Rose) Young and Alan Young; two daughters, Donna (Wesley) Hilgart and Marjorie (Randy) Loehrke; 10 grandchildren, Jason (Tracie) Young, Adam (Kayla) Young, Heidi (Corey) Wagner, Lu Ann Hilgart, Brian Loehrke, Trisha Loehrke, Stephanie (Cory) Woller, Brandon (Haley) Loehrke, Krista Phillipe (significant other, Walter) and Cody (Emily) Young; 23 great-grandchildren, Alex, Aiden, Ryan, Lexi, Cameron, Logan, Kaden, Brynlee, Ethan, Jayln, Ebrielle, Braelynn, Waylon, Margaret, Lenna, Lyla, Kane, Zander, Evan, Cian, Bella, Ashlyn and Madilyn; one sister, Jean (Bob) Missall; and two brothers, Walter Smietanski and Edward (Teckla) Smietanski. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Russell Young, on December 30, 2019; grandson, Travis Hilgart; two sisters, Rose Gutche and Lucy Anklam; and brother, Peter Smietanski.
Visitation will be held on Monday, July 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Auroraville. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., with Rev. Ryan Willis officiating. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery in Auroraville. Arrangements have been entrusted to Barbola Funeral Chapel in Berlin. Anyone wishing to send a sympathy card to the family, please mail to Ruth Young, c/o Barbola Funeral Chapel, PO Box 201, Berlin, WI 54923.
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