Ruth A. Brady
September 22, 1924 — December 20, 2017
Ruth Amanda (Balvanz) Brady, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died was born September 22, 1924, in Hardin County, Eldora, Iowa, the daughter of Otto and Pauline Hansen Balvanz. After her mother passed away in 1938, she made her home with her maternal grandmother, Martha Hansen, in Eldora. She attended country schools and Eldora Public School, graduating from Eldora High School in 1941. Ruth was employed at Service Printing in Eldora.
On June 20, 1953, she was married to Wilford Brady in Eldora and the family, including Wilford’s daughter, Susie, and his father, John, moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to make their home. Ruth was employed at the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors office and Frank B. Hall Insurance. She retired from Frank B. Hall after 23 years of service.
She is survived by her beloved step-daughter, Susie (Bill) Barvinek; two grandsons, Todd Barvinek of Pecos, New Mexico, and Brad (Beth) Barvinek of Cedar Rapids; one great-granddaughter, Cara (Ryan) Core of Cedar Rapids, and their children, Avery and Kinley; two great-grandsons, Baylor and Andrew Barvinek of Orland Park, Illinois; and two step-great-grandchildren, Colton and Olivia Schmidt of Cedar Rapids.
We would like to thank the people at Silver Pines, Higley Mansion, Hallmar, and Mercy Hospice for the excellent care Ruth received.
Graveside Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Eldora Cemetery in Eldora, Iowa, where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, Wilford. Pastor David Splett of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will officiate. There will be no visitation. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
On June 20, 1953, she was married to Wilford Brady in Eldora and the family, including Wilford’s daughter, Susie, and his father, John, moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to make their home. Ruth was employed at the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors office and Frank B. Hall Insurance. She retired from Frank B. Hall after 23 years of service.
She is survived by her beloved step-daughter, Susie (Bill) Barvinek; two grandsons, Todd Barvinek of Pecos, New Mexico, and Brad (Beth) Barvinek of Cedar Rapids; one great-granddaughter, Cara (Ryan) Core of Cedar Rapids, and their children, Avery and Kinley; two great-grandsons, Baylor and Andrew Barvinek of Orland Park, Illinois; and two step-great-grandchildren, Colton and Olivia Schmidt of Cedar Rapids.
We would like to thank the people at Silver Pines, Higley Mansion, Hallmar, and Mercy Hospice for the excellent care Ruth received.
Graveside Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Eldora Cemetery in Eldora, Iowa, where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, Wilford. Pastor David Splett of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will officiate. There will be no visitation. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
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