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Ruth Marguerite Smetter Burkey

9 Oct 1919 – 18 Feb 1945

Birth	9 Oct 1919
Death	18 Feb 1945
Cemetery	West Fairview Mennonite Cemetery Beaver Crossing , Seward County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Bill S on 31 Aug 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57949604

Bio

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXVII, No . 50 - March 16, 1945 --- page 1023 Burkey, --Ruth Marguerite, daughter of Joe and Clara Smetter, was born Oct. 9, 1919, near Goehner, Nebr.; died at the Lincoln General Hospital, Lincoln, Nebr., Feb. 18, 1945; aged 25 y. 5 m. 5 d. On June 3, 1944, she was married to Lorence Burkey. To this union was born one son, Gary Donald, who followed her in death three days later. Her death came as a shock to her family and friends. We cannot understand why she was called away, but we must submit to God who knows her best. She accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the West Fairview Mennonite Church, April 27, 1932, in which faith she died. She always had a happy disposition and was a cheerful and loving wife and mother. She leaves her husband, 2 stepsons (Lloyd Lorence and Verlin Lee) whom she loved very much, her parents, one sister (Elna, Beaver Crossing, Nebr.), one brother (Donald, in France), one grandfather, one grandmother, and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one brother (Gerald Burdette), 2 grandparents, one aunt and one uncle.

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Family

Parents

• Joseph Benjamin "Joe" Smetter 1889–1974
• Clara Mae Miller Smetter 1900–1948

Spouse

• Lorence Burkey 1921–1995

Siblings

• Gerald Burdett Smetter 1921–1930
• Donald Wayne Smetter 1923–2011
• Elna Arlene Smetter Wood 1926–1984

Children

• Garry Donald Burkey 1945–1945

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