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- Uwe Zimbelmann:
Burial: Davenport Cemetery Davenport, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA Plot: Block 9, Lot 69, Grave 1
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Ruby June Lonsdale, 77, the daughter of William John and Jessie Isabelle (Cassell) Karnatz, was born on the farm near Davenport, Oct 26, 1924. She died Friday at the Parkview Haven Nursing Home in Deshler.
She was the third of four children born to her parents. She attended county schools in Nuckolls and Thayer counties and graduated from Davenport High School in 1942. After high school she taught at Logan Township School west of Ong. She then attended and graduated from beauty school in Hastings.. She worked as a beautician in Nelson. She then went to Lincoln and worked in a children's home. While she lived in Oak, she and her sister, Rhodabelle, operated a small grocery store.
She married James Donald Lonsdale on Oct 21, 1958, in Mullen, Neb. They lived and farmed in the Davenport area. During her lifetime Ruby lived in Hastings, Lincoln, Davenport and Oak. In May of 2002 she entered Parkview Haven Nursing Home.
She was a member of the First Community Church of Oak and served on the church board, was a member of the Dorcas Missionary Society, sang in the church choir and taught Sunday school; a member of Oak Kings Daughters Library, where she served as president; and a member of the Oak Village Board. Her hobbies included reading, embroidery and crossword puzzles.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Oct 8, 1975; and a step-son, James Darwin Lonsdale, in June of 1966.
She is survived by her brothers, Lovelle Karnatz, Hastings and Ray Karnatz, Davenport; sister, Rhodabelle Lowery, Deshler; six nephews and eight nieces.
Services were held Tuesday at the First Community Church in Oak, with Pastor Carl Trichard officiating.
Interment was in the Davenport City Cemetery.
Urbauer-Price Funeral Home of Davenport, was in charge of arrangements.
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