Volksbote Wochenblatt
Thursday, Sept. 25, 1930

ERNST RUHBUSCH DIES. Herr Ernst Ruhbusch died on Tuesday evening at 9:3O at his farm in town Herman near Lyndhurst. Mr. Ruhbusch had been ill for some years and was an invalid. Ernst Ruhbusch was born on 28 Oct 1858 in Pommern, and as an eight-year old boy came with his parents to this country. First they lived at Mayville and then came to Town Herman in Shawano County, where they built a home. In 1883 he was married to Minna Schenk, who preceded him in death in 1913. He is survived by a son, Ernst Jr., in Mattoon, and 6 daughters, Mrs. Fritz Hoernke in town Herman; Mrs. Reinhoid Wruck in town Richmond; Mrs. Fred Pukall in Shepley; Mrs. Elmer Wilson in Escanaba, Mrs. Howard Pukall in Mercer and Mrs. Erwin Janke at White Lake; also 18 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild; 1 brother, Wm. Ruhbusch in Gresham and 2 sisters, Mrs. Albert Goers in town Herman and Mrs. George Braun in Los Angeles. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon from the Luth. church in Gresham. He was buried on the Elias Cemetery in town Herman.