- Date Of Birth: August 27, 1913
- Date Of Death: March 18, 2010
- State: Iowa
Edward Elihu Ruggles, 96, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away Thursday March 18, 2010, at the Iowa Veterans home in Marshalltown Iowa.
Edward was born August 27, 1913, in Roscoe, South Dakota, the son of William Garfield and Lillian (Stephenson) Ruggles. He graduated from Anita High School in 1930. Ed worked for the CCC during the depression and joined the Army in April 1942. He served as a laboratory technician during the war and helped evacuate a concentration camp at the end of the war.
He married Betsy Rose Crawford on December 30, 1945. She passed away August 19, 1975. Together they had eight children.
Ed worked at Ruggles Grocery until 1963. He then worked as a meat cutter until about 1992 at several local grocers and Millers Locker.
He remarried to Mary Marie Chase Denny in 1985.
