Willem Rutten
1874 - 1962 (88 years)-
Name Willem Rutten Born 14 Sep 1874 Nunhem, Limburg, Netherlands 
Gender Male Immigration 1881 SS Belgenland Died 15 Oct 1962 Nebraska Person ID I296551 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 5 Nov 2019
Father Hendrik Renier Rutten, b. 28 Feb 1834, Limburg, Netherlands , d. 01 Mar 1913, David City, Butler Co, Nebraska (Age 79 years) Mother Johanna Coenen, b. 10 Nov 1839, Nunhem, Limburg, Netherlands , d. 18 Jun 1882, David City, Butler Co, Nebraska (Age 42 years) Married 01 Aug 1860 Nunhem, Limburg, Netherlands Family ID F116290 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lula May Gelwich, b. Feb 1878, Illinois , d. 11 Jul 1940, Nebraska (Age ~ 62 years) Married 23 Feb 1902 York, York Co, Nebraska Children 1. Anna Pearl Rutten, b. 10 Feb 1903, Nebraska , d. 10 Mar 1991, Nebraska (Age 88 years)2. Theodore Gelwick Rutten, b. 03 May 1904, Nebraska , d. 18 May 1968, Nebraska (Age 64 years)3. Oris William Rutten, b. 13 Aug 1905, Cedar Rapids, Boone Co, Nebraska , d. 25 Oct 1957, Nebraska (Age 52 years)4. Donald Raymond Rutten, b. 09 Feb 1907, Nebraska , d. 18 Nov 1974, Lyman, Scotts Bluff Co, Nebraska (Age 67 years)5. Tillie Louetta Rutten, b. 14 Mar 1908, Nebraska , d. 18 Dec 1989 (Age 81 years)6. Glen Gerald Rutten, b. 16 Sep 1909, Nebraska , d. 30 Jul 1997, Greeley, Weld Co, Colorado (Age 87 years)7. Emily Mary Rutten, b. 24 Aug 1914, Nebraska , d. 09 Sep 1920, Nebraska (Age 6 years)8. Merle Effie Rutten, b. 02 Nov 1917, Nebraska , d. 16 May 2005, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska (Age 87 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F116411 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Wm. Rutten Dies Monday At St. Paul -
After a long illness William Rutten died Monday evening in the St. Paul Hospital which he entered a few weeks ago. He was 88 years old....
William Rutten was born in Belgium. As a child he came with his family to the United States and they settled on a farm near Belgrade, Nebraska. On February 23, 1902 he was married to Lula May Gelwick at York.
In 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Rutten with their four sons and four daughters moved from Belgrade to Palmer community locating on the farm in the Loup Valley northeast of Palmer, which continued to be Mr. Rutten's home to the end of his life.
Mrs. Rutten died in 1940. Their daughter Mary passed away about a year after they came to Palmer. A son, Oris, died in 1957.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Tillie Johnson of Torrington, Wyo., Mrs. Pearle Shryer of Scottsbluff and Mrs. Merle Conaway of Lincoln; three sons, Donald of Lymon, Nebr., Ted and Glen, both of Palmer; a sister, Mrs. Louise Campbell of Washington; 30 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
- Wm. Rutten Dies Monday At St. Paul -