Obituary of Ruth Wright

Ruth Wright, 92 of Yankton died peacefully in the early hours of March 24, 2013 at Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Friday, March 28, at St. John's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dave Gunderson officiating. Burial will be in the Rosehill Cemetery, Scotland at approximately 1:15 p.m. Visitations begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton with a 7 p.m. Prayer service. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Ruth Elinor Hahn was born on March 30, 1921 to Christina (Konrad) and Carl Hahn in Good Farm Township, near Dwight, Illinois. Ruth grew up in Illinois, attending Center Elementary School and Gardner High School. It was during her high school years that she met the love of her life, Howard "Red" Wright. After her parents purchased and moved to a farm in near Kaylor, Ruth finished her senior year of High School in Illinois, living with her grandparents, John and Anna Hahn. Upon graduation, Ruth moved to Kaylor where Red later joined her. Ruth and Red were married in St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Scotland, on September 18, 1940. To this union were born one daughter, Sharon and three sons, David, Richard, and Norman. Ruth's parents were always an integral part of her family. While living in Kaylor, Ruth and Red ran a grocery and upon her father's death her mother, Christina, moved in with her family. Red's jobs moved Ruth and family to Scotland, Grand Island, NE, Draper, and finally to Yankton in 1966. Ruth was a homemaker most of her life. In Yankton, she worked at Montgomery Ward for few years and cared for mother, Christina. Ruth was a life-long, confirmed member of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. Ruth loved going to church and faithfully attended St. John's Lutheran Church in Yankton where she was a member of the Ruth Circle and LWML. When Ruth could not attend services, she would faithfully listen to their broadcasted services on radio and television. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Christina Hahn, her husband, Red, in 1982, a son-in-law, Dale (Sharon) Crosby, her sister Helen Dorn, and her brothers Morris and Ray Hahn. She is survived by her children, Sharon Crosby, Weeping Water, NE, David (Mary) Wright, Fletcher, NC, Richard (Laurie) Wright, Yankton, and Norman (Kathryn) Wright, Yankton, 11 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.