Visitation:
10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Zion
Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski.
Service:
11 a.m. Thursday at the church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Ruth A. Schaffenacker, 90, of Mount
Pulaski passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at
Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.
Ruth was born on January 20, 1929 in Chestnut, the
daughter of Walter and Vera (Knauer) Aukamp. She
married Wayne Schaffenacker on February 19, 1953 in
Decatur. He preceded her in death on June 24, 2011.
Ruth is survived by her children, Ronald (Patricia)
Schaffenacker of Lincoln, and Diane R. Douglas of
McKinney, TX; her grandchildren, Jennifer (Aaron)
Wilham, Alicia Schaffenacker, Nikki (Daniel) Marten,
Christopher (Melissa) Schaffenacker, Blake (Jude)
Douglas, Rachel (Vaughnteis) Jeffries, and Brooke
Douglas; her great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Makenna,
Karsyn, Emarie, Elayna, Elyssa, Logan, Nolan,
Duncan, Jameson, Aliyah, Vaughnteis, Ayvah, and
Viari; her brothers, Delmar (Carol) Aukamp of
Springfield and Don (Dee) Aukamp of Woods Hole, MA;
and her sister-in-law, Shirley Aukamp of Lincoln.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband; her daughter, Gloria Kay Rutherford; and
her brother, Eugene Aukamp. |
Ruth was a partner in farming with
her husband Wayne and managed the books, worked at
Lehn & Fink for many years and drove a school bus
for the Mount Pulaski School District. She was a
longtime member of Zion Lutheran Church, ABWA, and
LWML.
Services for Ruth will be held at 11:00am Thursday,
December 12, 2019 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mount
Pulaski. Visitation will take place one hour prior
to the service (10:00-11:00am) also at the church.
Burial will follow the services at Mount Pulaski
Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.
Memorial donations may be made in Ruth’s name to
Zion Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran School, or
Vonderlieth Living Center.
Services have been entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski.
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