Ruth Olinger Zobel

Clear Lake - Ruth C. Olinger Zobel, 68, of Clear Lake, died Friday (Feb. 24, 1989) at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Mason City, of natural causes.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 1010 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. James Louk, of the Clear Lake United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel.

She was born on Oct. 16, 1920, in Garner, a daughter of Arley and Agnes (Christie) Blickenderfer. She attended school in the Garner and Klemme areas and graduated from Klemme High School in 1936 at the age of 16. She then attended what is now the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, during 1938.

She taught in rural schools from 1938 to 1944 and farmed until 1964.

She attended Hamilton Business School, the worked as a book-keeper for Home Installation, Mason City. She retired in 1982.

She was a member of the Women of the Moose and held numerous offices in the organization. She also was a member of the Quilting Guild.

Survivors include three sons, Robert Olinger, Mason City, Ellery Olinger, Clear Lake, and William Olinger, Mason City; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one sister, Betty Mikulich, Las Vegas, Nev.; and one brother, Homer Blickenderfer, Charles City.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother.


source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 27 Feb 1989, page A9 column 1

 

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Ruth Caroline Blickenderfer Olinger: born 16 Oct 1920 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa - died 24 Feb 1989

Grave marker at Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Daughter of Arley William Blickenderfer, born 1895 - died 1963 and Agnes A Christie, born 1895 - died 1982

 

Wife of: Kenneth Wayne Olinger, born 1918 - died 2003
 

Mother of:

Robert Wayne Olinger (1941-1995)