Ruth Schwartz

Ruth was born in Turtle Lake, North Dakota to Fred and Caroline (Hausauer) Vogele, May 19, 1927, the seventh of ten children. Her family moved to the Wellington area in 1930. The family worked in the beet fields and did day work for different farmers in the area. Ruth attended Wellington schools until 1939 when they moved to Portland, Oregon. When the war broke out three of her brothers enlisted in the armed forces; Harold in the Army and Bert and Adolph in the Marines. The family moved back to the Wellington area where Fred bought a farm and they farmed for three years. John was drafted into the Army in 1944 and ill health forced Fred to sell the farm and the family returned to the Portland Oregon. Ruth attended high school at Girls Polytechnic in Portland where she graduated in 1945. That year the family again returned to the Wellington area and farmed north of town. Ruth was employed for a time at the Northern Hotel in Fort Collins and then worked for the Mountain States Bell Telephone Company as an operator. August 2, 1947 she married Raymond A. Schwartz at the Zion Lutheran Church in Wellington Colorado. In November of 1947 the couple moved to Portland Oregon where Ray was employed in woodworking and Ruth was a fulltime homemaker caring for two sons, Steven Ray born in 1948 and Robert James (Jim) born in 1950. In 1951 Ruth and her family returned to Colorado where her husband attended Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) and Ruth again worked for the telephone company. In 1954 the family moved to Pomona California. Two sons were born; Craig Leslie in 1954 and Bradley Lynn in 1957. In 1968 Ruth and her family moved to Portland Oregon. She worked for General Telephone, Jantzen Knitting Mills and the Multnomah County Education District before her retirement. Ruth had been a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church since 1968. Ruth and Ray retired in Gresham Oregon. They enjoyed travelling and spending time with their family. Ruth and Ray travelled to Ireland, Germany and to Colorado to attend their high school reunions, as well as California to visit family. Ray passed away in 2012. Ruth is survived by sons, Steven Ray, Robert James (Jim), Craig Leslie and Bradley Lynn, grandchildren, Jason, Mitchell, Serena and Shelby, great grandchildren, Keira, Gavin, Conor, Chris, Ryan, Matthew and Austin and siblings, Emma and Burt. There will be a Funeral Service at 10:00a.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gresham. A Committal Service will follow at 12:30 at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Remembrances may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church.