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Ruth Mae Tresler

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Birth	:	25 Nov 1917 Union County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	3 Sep 1918 Union County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Hickory Grove Cemetery, East Looney Township, Polk County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.4284592, -93.3982925
Inscription	:	Daughter
Description	:	She is buried next to Hazel Tresler.∼-- -- -- -- -- . NEWSPAPER: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel. PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 1918. . Ruth Mae Tresler, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Tresler northwest of Akron, Iowa [in Union County, SD], passed away September 13, 1918, after a few days illness of cholera infantum, [also known as The "Spanish Flu"]. She was born November 25, 1917, and attained the age of 9 months and 19 days. She was a bright, lovable child and will be greatly missed... Read More	She is buried next to Hazel Tresler.∼-- -- -- -- -- . NEWSPAPER: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel. PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 1918. . Ruth Mae Tresler, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Tresler northwest of Akron, Iowa [in Union County, SD], passed away September 13, 1918, after a few days illness of cholera infantum, [also known as The "Spanish Flu"]. She was born November 25, 1917, and attained the age of 9 months and 19 days. She was a bright, lovable child and will be greatly missed in the home, which will be desolate and lonely. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of all who know them. Funeral services were conducted at the family home Sunday, September 15, 1918, by Rev. R.D. McCance. Interment was in the Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth County, Iowa. . [End]. . ======================== . NOTE: Baby Ruth Mae's mother, Hazel Edith (Miller) Tresler, age 22, also tragically died from complications of influenza [the Spanish Flu], just a few months later, on January 30, 1919. [SEE: Obituary, attached below]. ======================== . NEWSPAPER: Akron Register-Tribune. PUBLICATION DATE: February 6, 1919. . Mrs. Ira J. Tresler passed away at her home in Union County, South Dakota, on Thursday evening, January 30, 1919, at 9:45 o'clock, at the age of 22 years and 5 months. . Hazel Edith Miller was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Miller. She was born in Polk County, Iowa, near Des Moines, August 31, 1896. At an early age she moved with her parents to Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa, where she grew to womanhood, and was united in marriage with Ira J. Tresler on November 30, 1916. Their early homemaking began on a farm in Union County, and their union was blessed with one daughter, little Ruth Mae, who preceded her mother last September, at the tender age of 9 months. . On January 16th, Mrs. Hazel Tresler became ill with influenza, which developed into pneumonia. She had nearly recovered and was almost able to be up, but on January 28th she suffered a relapse, from which she never recovered. All that medical aid and loving care could do was unavailing and on Thursday evening her soul departed for the Great Beyond. She was a kind and loving wife and good neighbor, who will be sadly missed by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her untimely taking away her husband, Ira Tresler; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Miller, and four sisters and two brothers -- Iva, Clara, Bernice, Burrel, Harvey and James -- all of the Akron vicinity, and a host of friends and other relatives. . The funeral was held Saturday at the family home in Union County, South Dakota, conducted by Mr. R.D. McCance, of the Christian Church. She was laid to rest by the side of her daughter in the family lot in Riverside Cemetery. . Relatives attending the funeral from a distance were: Mrs. Viola Barette, of Stickney, S.D.; Walter Tresler, of Harrisburg, S.D., and Mrs. Thomas Delaney, of Vermillion, South Dakota. . END. . [Obituaries transcribed by Cathy Porter-Maynard]. . -- -- -- -- --

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Ruth Mae Tresler's memorial is located at: Hickory Grove Cemetery, East Looney Township, Polk County, USA.
When did Ruth Mae Tresler death?
Ruth Mae Tresler death on 3 Sep 1918 in Union County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 37.4284592
Longitude: -93.3982925

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Ira Jackson Tresler

(1892 - 1967)

Hazel Edith Miller Tresler

(1896 - 1919)

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