Ruth Mae (Brown) Delzer, 90, Abrams, passed away Aug. 21, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Green Bay. Ruth was born July 30, 1923, at Waterford to the late Walter and Elsie Brown.
Ruth graduated from Waterford High School, served in the Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) during World War II and was stationed at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Fla. She worked in Milwaukee at Allis Chalmers.
She married Arthur William Delzer on Aug. 19, 1950, at Wind Lake at the Norway Lutheran Church, the first Norwegian church in the United States. Ruth lived her entire married life in Abrams and worked for a time at Pulaski Shoe Factory.
She was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, Abrams, and was a member of the Ladies Aid at the church and taught Sunday school there. She was a past member of the Abrams Homemakers and a leader of the Abrams 4-H Club. Her hobbies included gardening, knitting, crocheting and sewing. She liked polka music and fishing. She especially loved spending time with her family. She had a strong faith in God and instilled it in her family.
She is survived by Arthur, her husband of 63 years; one daughter, Karen (James) Jahnke, Abrams, and children, Dawn (John) Havemeier and their children, Ericka and Leanna, Jason (Aprille) Jahnke and their children, Allison and Erin, Matthew (Marianna) Jahnke and their daughter, Sophie, and Joseph (Kersten) Jahnke; one son, Ron (Lori) Delzer, Abrams, and children, Katie Delzer (fiancé Dallas Hartman) and Ryan Delzer; one sister, Myrtle Bucholtz; brothers, Melvin Brown, Leslie (Edwina) Brown, Ralph (Sue) Brown; sister-in-law, Vivian Brown; brother in-law, Ervin Delzer; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Roland Brown; sister-in-law, Barbara Brown; brother in-law, Robert Bucholtz; sister-in-law, Toots Delzer; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ed and Edna Holewinski.
Friends called on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Calvary Lutheran Church, Abrams. Funeral service was Saturday at the church with the Rev. Andrew DeGier officiating. Burial was at Brookside Cemetery.
Gallagher Funeral Home, Oconto, assisted the family.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.galagherfuneralhome.net.
The family greatly appreciates the great care given to Mom over the past years from Unity Hospice and all the help from family, friends and neighbors. Without them, Dad would not have been able to keep Mom living at home. We also want to thank the third floor staff at St. Mary’s Hospital, including Drs. Sinclair and Tucker.
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