Ruth M. Hanenberger

Ruth M. Hanenberger of Hoffman died Monday, August 18, 2008 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese at the age of 81 years. Ruth was born in Lake Township/Clinton County on April 4, 1927, the daughter of Theodore and Ida (Grefe) Wessel.Ruth is survived by two daughters: Sandy Hohman and husband Don of Hoffman and Gloria Hitpas and husband Brian of Posey; one son: Gary Hanenberger and wife Ellen of Bassett, Wisconsin; nine grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren; one sister: Hilda Armstrong of Pontiac, Illinois; and four brothers: Leroy Wessel and wife Gladys of Hoffman, Elmer Wessel of Collinsville, Theodore Wessel, Jr. and wife Rosalie of Ferna Beach, Florida and Wayne Wessel and wife Lola of Carlyle; a sister-n-law and brother-in-law: Evelyn Wessel of Carlyle and Leroy Mensing of Hoffman.Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, sisters: Marcella Mensing, Amanda Monken and Dorothy Lyman; and brothers: Edwin Wessel, Alfred Wessel, Irvin Wessel and Gilbert Wessel.Ruth was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoffman and had worked at the Wee Walker Shoe Company in Carlyle.Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoffman with Pastor Stephen Krenz officiating. The interment will follow at the Carlyle Cemetery.Friends may visit with the family at the Frerker Funeral Home in Carlyle on Tuesday from 4 to 8:00 P.M. or on Wednesday at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoffman from 10:00 A.M. until the time of services.