Dora Louise Rudd (Johnson)
May 23, 1920 — September 18, 2010
Dora Louise (Johnson) Rudd, 90, of Central City, died Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha after living a long and happy life. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 23, 2010 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Central City by R.G. Prucha. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22, at the funeral home. Graveside Service: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, Rose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville.
Survivors include her children, Judy (Al) Heims of Marion, Sally (John) Loughren of Central City, Sam (Elizabeth) Rudd of Sac City; daughter-in-law Marcia Fiser of Central City; 4 sisters-in-law; 2 brothers-in-law; and many beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Archie; two sons, Joey in infancy, and Gary; siblings, Cecil, Lee, Willard, Oscar, LaVerne & John Johnson, Doris Niles, and Mary Lou Clifford.
Louise was born May 23, 1920 in Mechanicsville, the daughter of Frank and Myrtle (Boyd) Johnson. She graduated as the salutatorian from Mechanicsville High School in 1938. On August 19, 1939, she was united in marriage to Archie Rudd in Wapello, Iowa. They resided in the Buchanan-Mechanicsville area until moving to Central City in 1947. Louise worked at Collins Radio beginning in 1958 and retiring after 23 ½ years.
Please sign our online guestbook for Louise at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Survivors include her children, Judy (Al) Heims of Marion, Sally (John) Loughren of Central City, Sam (Elizabeth) Rudd of Sac City; daughter-in-law Marcia Fiser of Central City; 4 sisters-in-law; 2 brothers-in-law; and many beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Archie; two sons, Joey in infancy, and Gary; siblings, Cecil, Lee, Willard, Oscar, LaVerne & John Johnson, Doris Niles, and Mary Lou Clifford.
Louise was born May 23, 1920 in Mechanicsville, the daughter of Frank and Myrtle (Boyd) Johnson. She graduated as the salutatorian from Mechanicsville High School in 1938. On August 19, 1939, she was united in marriage to Archie Rudd in Wapello, Iowa. They resided in the Buchanan-Mechanicsville area until moving to Central City in 1947. Louise worked at Collins Radio beginning in 1958 and retiring after 23 ½ years.
Please sign our online guestbook for Louise at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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