Dunn County News, Sun, Aug. 10, 2003, A6
Menomonie WI

Ruby C. Luepke, age 84, of Glenwood City, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003,
at Glenhaven Nursing Home in Glenwood City.  Ruby was born Jan. 17,
1919, in the Township of Hay River, Dunn County, to Lloyd P. and Mamie
(McIntyre) Lake. She was baptized and confirmed at the United Methodist
Church in Boyceville. She was raised in Hay River Township where she
graduated from the Boyceville High School in 1936. She attended beauty
school in Eau Claire.  Ruby married H. Robert Luepke Sept. 21, 1939,
at the United Methodist Church in Boyceville. They lived in Stillwater,
Minn., until 1942 when they bought a farm in the Glenwood area. In 1948
they moved to a farm in the Glenwood City limits where she lived until
1994 when she moved to Glenhaven.  Ruby worked in the Glenwood City
Creamery and later worked as the head bookkeeper for the Glenwood City
Lumber Yard. Ruby was an active member of the Ladies Aid at the United
Methodist Church in Glenwood City.  Ruby is preceded in death by her
parents, husband Robert in 1994, son Jerry, daughter Judy Stafsholt,
brother Lloyd R. and sister Ethel Benitz.  Ruby is survived by grandson
Rob Stafsholt and wife Colleen of New Richmond, great-granddaughter
Maggie Judith Stafsholt, son-in-law Dick Stafsholt of New Richmond,
daughter-in-law Geraldine Luepke of Hudson, and brother Herbert Lake
and wife Alice of Boyceville. She is further survived by many nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends.  Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at the United Methodist Church in
Glenwood City with Rev. Gregg Meser officiating. Burial will be in the
Glenwood City Cemetery in Glenwood City. Friends may call at the Everts
Funeral Home in Glenwood City today (Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003) from 5 to
8 p.m. and one hour prior to services Monday at the church.