Obituary of Ruth Elizabeth Loeffler
Ruth Elizabeth Loeffler died Saturday, May 21st, 2011 at Serenity Care in Beaverton, Oregon at the age of 89. She was born August 10th, 1921 in Brighton, Iowa to Walter and Mabel (Lamansky) Shuppy. She attended country school (Spring Creek Elementary) and graduated from Brighton High School in 1938. On March 5th, 1941 she married Willard Loeffler and lived most of her life around Brighton until moving to Oregon in 2010. Ruth is survived by daughters Dixie Emry of Surprise, Arizona, Pam (Tom) Franklin of Tigard, Oregon, brother Richard Shuppy of Salt Lake City, Utah, and cousin Erma Hoeffer of Brighton, Iowa. She is further survived by 4 grandchildren: Kim (Braden) Barrett and Tomi (Curtis) Kluver of Tigard, OR, Mark Emry of Gresham, OR and Mike Emry of Phoenix, AZ, and by 5 great-grandchildren: Tyler and Haley Barrett, Noah and Adli Kluver, and Brock Emry (all of Oregon), 3 sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents, husband Willard Loeffler, brother Leonard Shuppy, son-in-law Howard Emry, 9 brothers-in-law and 6 sisters-in-law. At her request no service will be held. Cremation was provided by Crown Memorial Center, with Ruth’s ashes to be returned to her native Iowa. The family requests that donations in her memory be sent to First Responders, 101 E. Washington Street, Brighton, Iowa, 52540.
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