Ruth Dewitt

Ruth Lillian DeWitt, one of four children of Hilma Alfreda (Hecklander) and Axel Emmanuel Nyquist, was born in Wahoo, Nebraska on January 28, 1909. Ruth graduated from the Wahoo High School in May of 1926. Following graduation, Ruth attended the Swedish Evangelical Hospital School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska, where she earned her nursing degree in 1932. Ruth began her nursing career in Macedonia, Iowa where she began working for Dr. C.H. DeWitt, Jr. Ruth later married Dr. DeWitt's son, Herman Willard DeWitt, in Macedonia on June 21, 1936. They made their home in Macedonia. Herman was a rural mail carrier and Ruth continued to work for Dr. DeWitt.
Ruth was a member of the Macedonia United Methodist Church and the Macedonia American Legion Auxiliary where she had served as president. She and Herman enjoyed traveling together, and Ruth loved to make scrapbooks of their travels and family get-togethers. Ruth and Herman had been married 47 years when Herman died in May of 1983. Ruth continued to live at her home until her health forced her to move to the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA on December 28, 1994.
Ruth died at the Griswold Care Center on November 25, 2002 at the age of 93 years, 9 months, and 28 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Herman; brothers Elmer Nyquist and Rueben Nyquist; and sister Esther DeWitt.
Ruth is survived by nieces Beverly Brunner and husband Lewis of Shell-Knob, MO, Julia Killion and husband Roger of Grand Island, NE, Mary Wax and husband John of Emerson, IA, and Jean Frana and husband Victor of Grinnell, IA; nephews Charles DeWitt and wife Jeanette of DeLand, FL, Michael Nyquist and wife Betty of Stanton, IA, and Steve Nyquist and wife Sharon of Urbandale, IA; other relatives and friends.