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- [S940] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current.
Name: Louis Anton Ruzicka Jr
Gender: Male
Residence Date: Abt 1958
Residence Place: Walla Walla
Residence Place 2: Walla Walla-Granada
Marriage Date: 29 Nov 1958
Marriage Place: Kalama, Washington, USA
Father: Louis Ruzicka
Mother: Ruzicka
Spouse: Eleanor Lindeken
Siblings:
Johnny Ruzicka
Charlie Ruzicka
- [S884] Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013.
Name: Louis A Ruzicka
Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1958
Marriage Place: Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Date Recorded: 19 Nov 1958
Spouse: Eleanor T Lindeken
- [S1098] Obituary of Eleanor RUZICKA, (Date: Abt. 17 Mar 2018;).
Eleanor (Lindeken) Ruzicka was born on November 4, 1929 and passed on March 15, 2018 in Lakewood Washington at the home of her Son Don and Daughter-in- Law Loralee who served as her primary caregiver for the last 3 and a half years. Eleanor is survived by her children Don in Lakewood, Marie in Seattle, James in Cincinnati and Nancy DeLaRosa in Walla Walla as well as 8 Grandchildren and 9 Great Grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Grandchildren include: Jason Ruzicka, Andy DeLaRosa, Melissa Dofelmier, Erin Hilton, Michael Ruzicka, Karen Ruzicka, Emilie DeLaRosa, Matthew DeLaRosa, Lucas DeLaRosa
Eleanor Lindeken, was born on November 4, 1929 in Glen Cullen (now part of Tigard) Oregon. Their family joke was that her birth caused the Great Depression.
Soon after Eleanor was born, her parents Conrad and Marie moved Eleanor and her older brother Walter up the Columbia River to Kalama Washington following a job available on the docks there. They lived on the flats, in a small shack. Mom talked later about the men walking up the railroad tracks looking for work. Her mother did laundry and sewing for the rich women in town.
In 1932, Conrad was crushed in an accident between shipping crates. He was sent to the hospital in Longview and put in a full body cast. He was not expected to walk again.
For 6 long months, once a week Marie and the children would take the bus to the hospital to visit her dad...this left a lasting impression on all of them.
When Conrad was able to go home, he worked hard to walk again, and was successful!
Conrad finally received a cash settlement for the accident, and they were able to put a down payment on a house up the hill in Kalama.
12 year old Eleanor was visiting the Portland zoo with family on the morning of December 7, 1941 when she learned about Pearl Harbor.
During the war, Kalama became a port that had many sailors drop in at to party. Eleanor’s parents decided that they did not want their teenage daughter in town at that time, so in 1943 they sent her to a Catholic boarding school.
Eleanor did well at St Mary’s outside of Toledo Washington under the tutelage of the nuns there. She was active in basketball and drama, and was the Senior Class President. She graduated in 1947.
When she went back home to Kalama, Eleanor went to work at the Phone Company in Longview as a switch board operator.
At age 21, she decided to move to Portland as a single woman ala Mary Tyler Moore and got a job doing newspaper ad development for a jewelry store there. She lived in a room above the store.
In 1952, Eleanor took a federal government employment test, and was soon contacted by the Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla to come to work there as a switch board operator. She moved there in November of that year and lived in an apartment house on Catherine Street. She did not own a car, and would often walk to work. Her neighbors included Doctor Bradford who became our family dentist and Gerry Lyons who became a life-long friend. A couple of years later, she moved into a small house across the street from the apartment house.
Eleanor was active here at St Patrick’s. She was a member of Catholic Daughters and a Singles group called the Dominic Club. One of the fellow members of the club was Louis Ruzicka. They officially met running a booth together at a church bazaar.
They were married in Kalama on November 15, 1958. They spent their Honeymoon in Europe for 3 months!!! They then settled into their house on the family farm.
Don born 9 months later, and Marie, James and Nancy were all born within the next 4 years. So Eleanor at one time had 4 toddlers and later 4 teenagers!
Mom felt the purpose of her life was to raise her children and make our lives better- on that she exceeded her goals. We participated in music, drama and sports and went to Catholic school.
During the last 3 ½ years of her life, Mom moved in with Don and Loralee in Lakewood. We were blessed to be with her in our home when she took her last breath.
Louis died in 2010. They were married for nearly 52 years.
There will be a Celebration of Eleanor's Life at the Saint Patrick’s Blanchet Hall on Saturday June 30 at 11:00.
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d. 27 Apr 2010, Regency at The Park/Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA