ADDRESS: Golden Living – Continental Manor, Abbotsford; A former Medford resident
PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: 1:43 PM Sunday, October 7 at Golden Living – Continental Manor, Abbotsford where he had resided for the past 10 months
TIME & PLACE OF FUNERAL: 11:00 AM Friday, October 12 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Medford
OFFICIATING: Father Sleevaraju & Deacon Joe Stefancin
PLACE OF BURIAL: Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery, Medford where there will also be graveside military rites performed by the Medford Military Honors Team
VISITATION AT: Hemer Funeral Home, Medford from 4-7 PM on Thursday, Oct. 11 where there will be a prayer vigil service held at 7:00 PM that evening
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: September 25, 1920 at the Township of Browning, Taylor County, WI
EDUCATION: Township of Browning rural schools, 1938 graduate of Medford High School and took electrical correspondence courses
MARRIAGE INFORMATION: April 25, 1942 at Milwaukee, WI to Lenore A. Heier and they recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: He was a WW II US Army veteran serving as a sergeant in the Eastern European Theatre where he received a Bronze Star for his meritorious service in combat in the Italian campaign. After the war he and Lenore settled in Medford where he started an apprenticeship with Woody Hodge Electric and Otto Erl before owning and operating Ruesch Electric until retirement in 1980. Butch and Lenore enjoyed many years of living in Florida where he loved to fish before returning to Medford permanently. He also enjoyed hunting.
MEMBER OF: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Medford; Klossner-Dietzler VFW Post #5729, Medford where he was a past commander
SURVIVING SPOUSE: Lenore Ruesch of Medford
SURVIVING CHILDREN: 15 - Sharon (Pat) Burns of Madison, Connie (Don) Kubac, Louisville, KY, Mike (Genece) of Corona, CA, Pat (Deb) of Wausau, Penny (Dan) Engh of Viroqua, Debby (Bill) LaBerge of Verona, John (Laura) of Dayton, MN, Val (Tim) Leath of Garden Grove, CA, Kelvin (Shirley) of Eau Claire, Tim (Carmen) of Medford, Amy (Doug) Christophersen of Wausau, Bev (Bill) Kraemer of Medford, Jason of South Riding, VA, Gabe (Janice) of Tucson, AZ, Lisa (Chris) Laursen of Mondovi
# OF GRANDCHILDREN: 33 GREAT -GRANDCHILDREN: 49
DECEASED BROTHERS/SISTERS: 7 – Jack, Connie, Marie, & Lily Ruesch, Amanda Widmer, Helen Kraschnewski, Edna Mislowski
DECEASED FATHER: John Ruesch DECEASED MOTHER: Marie Schueneman
PALLBEARERS: Grandchildren
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