Jacob Ruder
Marriages
Mary Anna Enderle Ruder - February 10, 1881
in Quincy, Illinois.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - May 12, 1933
Jacob RUDER was born July 22, 1852, at Kappel on Rhine, Baden, Germany, and died May 4, 1933, of heart failure, at his home on Gore creek near Minturn, Colo. [These dates do not match his headstone.]
Jacob was a son of Mathias and Katherin Lober RUDER. He lived his younger life in Germany, where he spent six years in the military service of his native country, in Muehlheusen, Alsace.
In 1879, he migrated to America, coming to Quincy, Ill., where relatives had preceded him from Germany. Here he was married on February 19, 1881, to Mary Enderle, a half sister to the late Nicholas BUCHHOLZ of Eagle. To this union were born six children, four of whom are now living. The deceased came to Colorado in 1892, residing at Eagle for a time. In 1894, he moved to Minturn where for three years he was employed by the Rio Grande railroad company. He then took up a homestead on Gore creek, where the present family home is, and where he has since resided.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary RUDER; four children, Mrs. Katherine ROSE, John M. and Edward M. RUDER, and Pauline A. ELLIOTT, all of Minturn; twenty-two grandchildren, and four great grand children. There are also two brothers surviving, Frank and Peter RUDER, both living at Quincy, Ill.
Funeral service held at the family residence on Gore creek Sunday afternoon were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives. Services were conducted by Father J. P. CARRIGAN of the Glenwood Catholic church, of which the deceased was a member. During the service sacred songs were sung by Mrs. Donald SCHAAL of Red Cliff with Mrs. Arthur NELSON accompanying at the organ. The body was laid to rest in the family burying plot on the ranch, beside those of the son and daughter who had preceded him in death.
"May the pearly gates of Heaven atop the golden stair, Open wide, dear father, to receive and welcome you there."
