RUFFING, Frank 1889-1972
Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, SD) July 27, 1972
FRANK RUFFING.
Winner, SD — Services for Frank Ruffing, Winner area farmer, were held Wednesday at Creighton, Neb. Graveside rites were held at the Winner Cemetery in the afternoon.
Ruffing died Sunday at a hospital in Neligh, Neb.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. William (Lila) Richey, Gregory; two grandchildren and a brother Joe, of Gregory.
He was preceded in death by a wife.
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Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, SD) July 31, 1972, page 2
FRANK RUFFING
Funeral services were held Wednesday in Tilden, Neb., for Frank Ruffing, 83, former resident of Gregory and Tripp counties who died July 23 at a hospital in Neligh, Neb.
Graveside services and burial were held at the Winner Cemetery.
Mr. Ruffing was born March 23, 1889, at Jackson, Minn. He married Lula Leekley on Feb. 16, 1911, at Fairfax. The couple lived in Gregory and Tripp counties. His first wife died Oct. 15, 1952. He later married Eva Smith of Burke on Dec. 15, 1953. The couple lived near Winner until 1966 when they moved to Neligh.
Survivors include the widow; a daughter, Mrs. William Richey, Gregory; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Anna Klenk, Hastings, Neb. and a brother, Joe Ruffing, Gregory.
~Submitted by County Researcher