Ruth Wittwer died peacefully on Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Agrace Hospice surrounded by her loving family, after a two-week struggle with a Staph infection in her knee. She was born on December 10, 1931, in Davis, Illinois, to Fred and Emma (Banziger) Stuber, who were Swiss immigrants.
Ruth graduated from Verona High School in 1949. On March 16, 1950, she was united in marriage to Cloyance Wittwer and they farmed south of Verona for forty years. They retired in 1990 and moved to their new home and neighborhood, which they thoroughly enjoyed for the next 25 years.