Lois Mabel Ruddell

Lois Mabel Ruddell, age 93, of Knoxville, Illinois died at 2:33 A.M. Wednesday February 18, 2015 at OSF St. Mary’s Medical Center, Galesburg, Illinois. 

 

Lois was born on January 13, 1922 in McDonough Co., Illinois, the daughter of Fredrick and Gladys Vail McNeil. She attended and graduated from Wataga High School, Wataga, Illinois. She married Claude H. Ruddell on September 24, 1942 in San Francisco, California and he preceded her in death on March 16, 1996. 

 

She is survived by her two sons, Stephen Ruddell of Inverness, Florida and John Ruddell of rural Knoxville, Illinois; five grandchildren, Misty Ruddell of Galesburg, Illinois, Stephen Ruddell, Jr. of Anchorage, Alaska, Stephanie (Rick) VanWinkle of Memphis, Tennessee, Mark Ruddell of Hope Sound, Florida, and Sachiko Ruddell of Kansas City, Missouri; two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, Freda and Leah and two brothers, Fred and Glenn.

 

She attended Western Illinois University on two occasions, receiving her teaching certificate and then her nursing certificate. During World War II she taught at the former Fosmyer School, and then worked for the Galesburg Mental Health Research Hospital for 30 years.

 

She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, Galesburg, Illinois. She enjoyed fishing, sports, sewing, knitting, cooking, riding four-wheelers and spending time with her loved ones.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Hurd Hendricks Funeral Homes and Crematory in Knoxville, Illinois.  Rev. Harold Berrian will officiate.   Visitation will be on Friday, February 20, 2015 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the Hurd Hendricks Funeral Home in Knoxville, Illinois.  Memorials may be made to the family. Burial will take place at the Oneida Cemetery, Oneida, Illinois.  On-line condolences and sympathy cards may be sent through www.hurd-hendricksfuenralhome.com