Born ‎24 Jan 1921 Benton County, Minnesota, died ‎5 Aug 2008 Event Description: Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR‎, age 87 years, buried Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Born ‎26 Jun 1913 Conrad, Pondera County, Montana, died ‎11 Apr 2000 Keizer, Marion County, Oregon Event Description: Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR‎, age 86 years, buried Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, ‎1st marriage to: Lawrence Nicholas Kahl, ‎2nd married/ related to: Bernard John Ruhr
Emma Olive Ruhr Kahl, 86, of Salem died Tuesday.

She was born in Conrad, Mont., and worked in food service for Ventur a School District in California for 10 years. After retiring she move d from Los Angeles to Salem in 1975. She enjoyed traveling, reading an d music. Her first husband, Ben Ruhr, is deceased.

Survivors include her husband, Lawrence, whom she married in 1952; dau ghter, Ellen Mendenhall of Salem; sons, Robert Ruhr of Salem and Micha el Kahl of Dallas; sisters, Cely Laramie of Minnesota and Eileen Katsi s of Illinois; brother, Hugh Murphy of Minnesota; 11 grandchildren; an d five great-grandchildren.

Visiting will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Barrick Funeral Home. Rosar y will be 9:30 a.m. and Mass 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Cat holic Church, where she was a member. Interment will be 1:30 p.m. Frid ay at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.