The Holt County sentinel., 1920-11-12
Another Old soldier Gone.

John l.. Ruhl, the son of Levi Ruhl
was born in Richand county, Ohio
March IL, 1899, and departed this lie
at his late home in New Point, Nil.
s0ufi, November =, lp2O, at the az,
of ~ years, : months and IL days. Nj
Ruhl was stricken with paralysis. Mon
day morning. November !. and soon
! lost cunSciUusncss and remained N
that state till release came at six
O'Clock, Wednesday morning, ant tic
spirit sought other environments
whore fully conscious. Il awaits the
voice of the Son of Man 10 come again
into the bedy made a spiritual body at
the time of the resurrection.
The subject of this sketch came from
Ohio To thi, county just before the
Civil War, and when the war came on
he answered the call of his country
and volunteered in the Missouri State
Militia and WAS called on number of
times during the war to go forth in
defense of the state.
At the close of the war he settled
on the farm where he closed his earth
ly existence, being thus one Of the
early settlers Of the county--a time
when there were no laid out roads and
people made their way across the coun-
try mainly by by-paths.
On March :, 1867, Mr.. Ruhl led to
the marriage altar Miss Isabelle Cable,
and took her To the home where the
most of their married lives were spent.
Five children were born 10 them, three
sons and two daughters; one son and
one daughter died in early life, and
the other three children. with their
mother, remain to mourn the loss of u
kind husband and an indulgen, father,
namely: Minnie, the wife, Of pr. Os-
car Bloomcr, Of 81. Joseph; pr. Jordan
Ruhl, of st. Joseph, and Or. Earle
Nuhl of Kansas City, Missouri. Also
three grandchildren survive their grand
father, and one sister, Mr.. Brock
man, Of C0cr d'Alcnc, Idaho, and unc
brother, George, in Oklahoma.
Besides farming Mr.. RJhl operated
II general store for many ycnrS. and
continued in the mercantile business
until year ago when he sold his store
and having built new house On the
site of the old home, where he had
lived for so many years, he moved into
il, thinking that he and his wife might
spend the remainder Of their days
there, and Ms the sequel proved the
time was not for long for him, and he
was called to the "House not made
with hands eternal in the heavens"
Mr. Ruhl's death occurred on tho
26th anniversary of the death of his
son, Gay, mere youth and the death
angel waited till the father had reach
ed the good old age of 81. So we see
that age has no special assurance that
one can select the time when one will
yield to the stern demands of death.
Funeral services: On Thursday af-
ternoon, November 4, 1920, at . o'clock,
the remains of the deceased, in charge
Of Undertaken Pettijohn and his as
sistant, Mr., Gee, were taken to the Now
Point Presbyterian church, where Mr..
Ruhl had long been member and aI
regular attendant and there the fun
eral services were held. and were in
charge of Rev. T. d. Roberts. his min
lister for many years, assisted by Rev.
James Cunningham, of Oregon, and
Rev. A. r. Mathes, Of Knoxville. III.
The choirs of the two New Point
churches furnished the music for the
The church buildng was well filled |
by the many friends Of the deceased
and his family 10 pay their respects
to the memory Of the one who had |