Ruth Engvall

Moline, Illinois Funeral Services for Ruth "Nan" Engvall will be 10:00 AM Thursday, June 20, 2002 at Union Congregational Church, Moline, with the Reverend Jack Michaelsen officiating. Visitation will Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline, Illinois. Memorials may be given to one's favorite charity. Ruth "Nan" Engvall, age 92, of Moline, died Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Aspenwood Healthcare Center in Silvis, Illinois. The former Ruth Evert was born February 23, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Behrendt) Evert. Ruth married Elmer O. Engvall on May 27, 1927; he preceded her in death in May of 1957. Mrs. Engvall was employed at J.C. Penney Company in Moline as a sales clerk for many years. She was a member of Union Congregational Church, and was a former member of First Congregational Church of Moline, where she was a deacon, and a member of the benevolence society. She was known for always helping anyone who was in need, and volunteered as a school crossing guard at Ericsson Elementary School in Moline. As she was an angel on earth, she has gone to be an angel with God in heaven. Her survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Marillyn and Ted Whitbeck of Sierra Vista, Arizona; son and daughter-in-law, Tom "Chase" and Marilyn Engvall of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands; ten grandchildren, Tom Engvall, Christi Steiner, Mark Whitbeck, Carol Ramsey, Laura Patino, Diane DeLashmutt, Judy Bolton, and Gina, April, and Colleen Engvall; ten great-grandchildren, Joel, Vanessa, Bobby, Tony, Shelley, Tony, Danny, Mandy, Michael, and Jennifer; along with a great-great-grandson Devon. Her brother, John "Jack" Engvall; two grandsons, Jimmy and Richard Engvall, two sisters, and four brothers also preceded her in death