STELLA M. RUCH

PERRYVILLE -- Stella Marie Ruch, 80, of Perryville, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996, at Perry Oaks Nursing Center.

She was born Sept. 1, 1915, at Yount, daughter of August and Irene Robinson Geile. She and Francis C. Ruch were married May 19, 1936, at Silver Lake. He died Sept. 10, 1988.

Ruch had worked at International Shoe Co. She was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at Silver Lake and its Ladies Sodality.

Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Cissell and Velda Amschler of Perryville; two sisters, Gertrude Gulotta of Wood River, Ill., Pearl Stortz of St. Louis; a brother, Lawrence Geile of Perryville; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four sons, a sister and two brothers.

Friends may call at Miller Family Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. Thursday, and Friday from 6:30-9:30 a.m. The wake will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, and rosary at 9 a.m. Friday.

Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Rose of Lima Church, with the Rev. Charles Rice officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.