RUTH L. HATCLIFF WAS BORN FEBRUARY 8, 1924 TO WILLIAM AND ANNA (FANGMEIER) HENNING IN LANCASTER COUNTY, NE. BAPTIZED BY REVERAND A CHOLCHER MARCH 5, 1924 AND CONFIRMED MAY 16, 1937 BY REVERAND WILLIAM PEBLER AT ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH, KRAMER, NE. RUTH WAS MARRIED BY REVERAND PEBLER JANUARY 19, 1947 TO ROLAND HATCLIFF AT ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH. THEY LIVED ON FARMS EAST AND WEST OF CRETE. IN 1967 THEY MOVED TO WILBER, NE. IN 1970 THE MOVED TO THE HATCLIFF FAMILY FARM UNTIL 1997 WHEN THEY MOVED TO CRETE, NE. THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 57TH ANNIVERSARY ON JANUARY 2004. ROLAND PASSED AWAY ON MAY 4, 2004. RUTH WAS EMPLOYED BY DOANE COLLEGE FOR 25 YEARS, A MEMBER OF BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN SINCE 1947. SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, WAS A MEMBER OF THE LUTHERAN LADIES AID SINCE 1950. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PERKY 88 EXTENSION CLUB FOR 30 YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MARILYN OF CRETE, JIM (SHEILA) OF WILBER, ALLEN (JUDY) OF DEWITT, AND DEAN (SHARRIE) OF FRIEND. GRANDCHILDREN: JESSICA (ZAC) BOWMAN OF FIRTH, ANDREW (KARI) AND NICK (DANA) OF LINCOLN, JASON (JAIME) OF BEATRICE, DANA (BRIAN) CRUZ OF GRETNA, JEFF (JOHANNA) OF WILBER, CHRIS (MEGAN) GOPLIN OF GRAND ISLAND, KYLE GOPLIN OF OMAHA, NE AND KOREY (MCKENZIE) GOPLIN OF YORK. GREAT GRAND CHILDREN: LILLIE, CHLOE AND MAX BOWMAN, SYDNEY AND ALEX HATCLIFF, MAKENZIE, ADDISON AND KILEY HATCLIFF, TY, AYDEN AND RYKER CRUZ, RAEGAN AND REESE HATCLIFF, HARPER AND KARSYN GOPLIN, WESLEY GOPLIN, AND MAVERICK HATCLIFF. SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 6, 2019, 10:30 AM, BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, CRETE. VISITATION: SUNDAY, 2 – 4 PM, KUNCL FUNERAL HOME, CRETE. INTERMENT: RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, CRETE. MEMORIALS CAN BE GIVEN TO BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH OR THE CRETE FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT. PALLBEARERS: ANDREW HATCLIFF, NICK HATCLIFF, JASON HATCLIFF, JEFF HATCLIFF, CHRIS GOPLIN, KYLE GOPLIN, KOREY GOPLIN, ZAC BOWMAN AND BRIAN CRUZ.