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Ruth E. Stabe © Enid News and Eagle 04-23-2015 Submitted by: Glenn
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Celebration of Life and Remembrance for Ruth E. Stabe, 101, of Lahoma, Okla., will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 24, 2015, at Zion Lutheran Church, Lahoma, with Pastor Kenneth Wade officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today, April 23, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel.
Ruth passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Enid. Ruth was born March 31, 1914, in Carrier, Okla., to Bert Rork and Effie (Loper) Rork.
She grew up on a farm near Carrier, with 11 brothers and sisters, and graduated from Carrier High School in 1932.
She met her future husband, Herman Stabe, at a ballgame. They were married in April 1935, and in 1985, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
They raised three daughters, Betty, Patsy and Shirley on the family farm near Lahoma. She helped with the farming and dairy operation, and enjoyed watching the girls show their dairy cattle with the Lahoma 4-H Club, as well as watching them play basketball and softball.
Ruth had a great love for sports. She enjoyed all sports, especially OU and OSU football, basketball and baseball. She loved Thunder Basketball and Cardinal Baseball.
Ruth was very active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. She enjoyed helping with luncheons for church and community activities. She loved quilting and made many quilts for her family as well as missions overseas. She helped with the county election board counting ballots.
She is survived by three daughters, Betty Derdeyn and husband Clark of Walla Walla, Wash., Patsy Holsch and husband Ralph of Washington, Kan., and Shirley Lodes of Oklahoma City; six grandchildren, Scott Derdeyn of Lahoma, Sheila Derdeyn of Fairfax, Va., Kevin Holsch and wife Becca of Washington, Kan., Karl Holsch and wife Stacie of Prairie Village, Kan., Lance Lodes and wife Laura of Oklahoma City; and Lori Lodes and husband Matt Browner-Hamlin of Washington, DC; three great-grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman J. Stabe, five brothers, six sisters, and son-in-law, Charles Lodes.
Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, Lahoma, Okla., or Hospice Circle of Love, with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be made and the service viewed at www.ladusauevans.com.
(Submitted by family)
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