Submitted by: John C. Monk
Ruth Ann Schaphorst
Ruth Ann Schaphorst, 79, of Countryside Place of Mishawaka
nursing home died about 10:16 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Hospital
after an illness. Mrs. Schaphorst was born Feb. 19, 1907,
in South Bend and was a lifetime area resident. On May 14,
1927, in South Bend, as Ruth Ann Hesse, she married August H.
Schaphorst. He died in 1963. Survivors include two
daughters, Marlene Siebert of Mishawaka and Carolyn Fleck of
Kendallville; a son, Dr. Richard of South Bend; six
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Warner Funeral Home,
Osceola. Burial will be in Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call from & to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Joseph Hospital
Mishawaka Foundation. Mrs. Schaphorst was a member of First
English Lutheran Church.
Obituary: South Bend Tribune, May 22,
1986 p. C10