John F. Vruble, 1908-1996

Daily Iowegian - 20 December 1996

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  Word has been received of the death of John F. Vruble, 88, in Taylor Ridge, Ill.

  He was born May 11, 1908, in Jerome, the son of Jacob and Louise (Zahara) Vruble.

  He married Anna Micetich July 16, 1932, in Centerville. She preceded him in death June 6, 1969.

  Survivors include five daughters, Jackie Verschoore and her husband, Joe, of Geneseo, Ill., Betty Vruble of East Moline, Ill., Phyllis Benac ad her husband, Lawrence, of Naperville, Ill., Shirley Lantz of Arkdale, Wis., and Barbara Gabbarb and her husband, Clyde, of Chadwick, Ill.; two sons, James Vruble and his wife, Barbara, of Necedah, Wis., and Robert Vruble and his wife Sandra, of Taylor Ridge, Ill.; a brother, Stanley Vruble of Melrose Park, Ill; 37 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

  He worked at K. I. Willis Corp. in Moline, Ill., for 10 years, retiring in 1973. In earlier years he was a coal miner in the Centerville area and worked for Mott Construction Co. in Centerville in the 1950s. He was a member of St. Mary's Church in Rock Island, Ill.

  Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at St. Mary's Church in Rock Island, Ill. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan Funeral Home in Rock Island, Ill., with a rosary to be recited at 8 p.m.  There will be a commital service at noon Monday, Dec. 23, at the Oakland Cemetery in Centerville.

  Memorials may be given to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Centerville. 

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Cemeteries in Vermillion Township, Appanoose County, Iowa

Oakland Cemetery

Anna J. Vruble - 1907 - 1969

John F. Vruble - 1908 - [1996]

Louise Vruble - 1868- 1957

Jacob Vruble - 1875 - 1957

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Voltz Family Tree on Ancestry.com

  John F. Vruble was born 11 May 1908 and died 19 December 1996, Taylor Ridge, Rock Island, Illinois.  Anna Josephine Micetich was born 2 September 1906 and died 6 June 1969 in Davenport, Iowa.

  Jacob Wrobel was born abt 1882 in Poland; Louise R. was born abt 1876 in Austria.

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