From Susan Gates Davis

 

 

South Bend Tribune, 2/16/2004:
V. Ruth Stroup
June 18, 1914 - Feb. 15, 2004
SOUTH BEND - V. Ruth Stroup, 89, of Ironwood Drive, died Sunday in Regency Place of South Bend of natural causes.  Survivors include two daughters, Marilyn Nowicki of Mishawaka and Sylvia Slomski of South Bend.  Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Lydick United Methodist Church.  Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday in Welsheimer Funral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road.