Ruth Harriet (Tuttle) Braunsdorf (1916 - 1989)

Born 29 Mar 1916 in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

Died 26 Feb 1989 at age 72 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Obituary

Ruth H. Braunsdorf, 72, of 1416 N. Logan St., died about 11 p.m. Sunday in Greensprings manor, South Bend, after an illness. She had worked for five years as a cashier at A & P and Kroger grocery stores in the 1950s. Born March 29, 1916, in South Bend, she was a lifelong area resident.

On March 21, 1936, as Ruth H. Tuttle, she married Walter L. Braunsdorf. He died Nov. 11, 1970. Survivors include two sons, Thomas Dan Braunsdorf of Katy, Texas, and James A. Braunsdorf of Mishawaka; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a sister, Helen Gordon of Chicago; and three brothers, A. Lyle Tuttle of Sun City, Ariz., R. Bruce Tuttle of Skokie, Ill, and Rex S. Tuttle of Des Plaines, Ill.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Bubb Funeral Chapel, 3910 N. Main St. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Braunsdorf was a member of the “34 Club”.

- South Bend Tribune 2-27-1989

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4N-KQ8 : accessed 28 August 2019), Ruth Tuttle in household of Berdise A Tuttle, South Bend Ward 4, St Joseph, Indiana, United States; citing ED 246, sheet 4B, line 52, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 464; FHL microfilm 1,820,464.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4BD-JCG : accessed 28 August 2019), Ruth H Tuttle in household of Berdice A Tuttle, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 1B, line 60, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 626; FHL microfilm 2,340,361.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V115-TBW : 20 August 2019), Ruth H Braunsdorf in household of Walter L Braunsdorf, Ward 3, South Bend, Portage Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-29, sheet 1B, line 77, family 22, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1134.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88777897/ruth-h_-braunsdorf : accessed 27 August 2019), memorial page for Ruth H. Tuttle Braunsdorf (29 Mar 1916–Feb 1989), Find A Grave Memorial no. 88777897, citing Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by C & Y Zinn-Haines (contributor 47043207) .