I'm looking for my family- The only info that I have is Theodore Ruckman married Mamie/Marie Matthews, died late 50's maybe. Theodore had 1 known brother- Woodrow who moved to Flordia. Mamie had 1 known sister Sadie who stayed home. Theodore and Mamie are from either Dupo or East Alton, Illnois. They had 3 children, Russel,died in late 60's or maybe early 70's,- who joined the service, was in the army and a mason, married a german and lived somewhere in california. Hazel Alice, died June 25, 2001,- who married Ralph Harvy Smith,died, late 40's or early 50's, Ralph worked for the Railroad and came here from Tennsee on the Railroad, they had 3 children- Shirley, Marilyn and Mike. Opal- died at 2 or 3 years of age. The Ruckmans to the best of our knowledge were farmers. Mayme did work for SWB in the cafeteria for 20 years. Hazel worked for the Defense plant in StLouiss, Missouri for several years. any help would be cheerfuly appreciated, so if you may know something or have a line, or even run across a cemetery with these names, please let me know.
Thank you so much,
Chris Herbst