Ruegg, Albert John

1894 - 1975  (81 years)

• Name	Ruegg, Albert John
  Birth	1894	Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	RUEG.A001
  _FGRAVE	26565050
  Funeral	Summers Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [2]
  Military Service	World War I, Sergeant, United States Army  [1]
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Sergeant (abbreviated as Sgt), United States Army (1905-1920)
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  Death	8 Jan 1975	Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Albert J. Ruegg, age 80, of 117 East Cherry Street, Olney passed away at the Richland Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for the past ten days.
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Interment with military honors rendered by the Olney Veterans organizations with burial in Clay City Cemetery.
  		Headstone, Ruegg, Albert John Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I31513	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Ruegg, John   d. Bef 8 Jan 1975
  Mother	Hundertman, Rachael   d. Bef 8 Jan 1975
  Family ID	F13206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hollis, L.
  Children	1. Ruegg, ?   d. Bef 8 Jan 1975
  Family ID	F13205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1894 - Pennsylvania Funeral - - Summers Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Death - 8 Jan 1975 - Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Ruegg operated a foundry for several years in California & was employed at the Olney AMF plant for seven years before retiring. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of several Masonic bodies in California including the Al Malaikah Temple of Los Angeles.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9609] (Reliability: 2). [S9610] (Reliability: 2).