Showing posts with label Rudolph Brueggeman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rudolph Brueggeman. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Lara Ruth Stokes Brueggeman, Anniversary of her Death

She was the wife of Rudolph Brueggemann.  She lived a LONG life:

Birth: May 4, 1899
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ohio, USA
Death: Mar. 10, 2001
Westlake
Cuyahoga County
Ohio, USA

Laura Ruth Brueggemann (nee Stokes) died at the Lutheran Home in Westlake on Saturday March 10 at the age of 101. Daughter of Thomas Edwin and Anna May (nee Clifford) Stokes. Wife of Rudolph Brueggemann, they made their home in Lakewood, Bay Village and Rocky River. Mother of Clifford, Eugene, Thomas, and David. She is survived by Reverend Eugene and Lorraine Brueggemann of Ft. Collins, Colorado; David and Lillian Brueggemann of Bay Village, Ohio; nine grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Sister of Elizabeth Ayers, Edna Glesher, and Thomas. She was a bookkeeper and homemaker, and loved to travel and tend her garden.

Buried at Lakewood Park Cemetery, Section 4, 4 grave 2

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

My first Veterans' Day Post: Rudolph Brueggeman

Rudolph F. Brueggeman (son of Louis) was in the Army for a very short time (26 Aug 1918 - 24 Dec 1918).  The information is from this book: Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918Vol. I-XXIII. Columbus, OH, USA: F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1926
Name:Rudolph F. Brueggeman
Serial Number:2518671
Race:W
Residence:2034 W. 93Reserve Division St., Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division:National Army LB 1
Enlistment Location:Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Date:26 Aug 1918
Birth Place:Cleveland, O.
Birth Date / Age:13 Oct 1892
Assigns Comment:Headquarters Detachment 472 Engineers to Discharge Private Honorable discharge 24 Dec 1918.
Volume #:3
I was so excited to find the following recruiting poster for his Division.  I assume Rudolf was stationed in Washington DC since it says he served in the Headquarters.