Ruth M. Wingert, age 96, formerly of Lena, IL passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe, WI.  Ruth was born on September 15, 1927 to Franz "Frank" and Eunice (Duvall) Siedschlag.  She married Arnold Wingert on January 8, 1948 in Freeport, IL.  Ruth helped her father when she was younger, driving the horses at age 12.  She farmed alongside her husband Arnold until 1972, when they retired.  Ruth also worked at Kolb-Lena, Structo toys, and as a telephone operator in Freeport.  She was an avid vegetable gardener.  She was a homemaker who enjoyed playing cards, especially euchre, and animals.

Ruth is survived by her children; Marcia (Neil) Connor of Sun Prairie, WI, and Charles Wingert of Gratiot, WI, grandchildren; Christopher (Katie) Connor of Anacortes, WA, Mary Jane (Corey Uselman) Connor of Madison, WI, Vicki (CJ Kaegi) of New Glarus, WI, Jessie Wingert of Florida, and Jessica Wingert of Gratiot, WI, three great-grandchildren; Collins Uselman, Kholten and Keoghan Wingert, brother-in-law Boyd Wingert of Lena, nieces; Anne (Gerald) Schultz of Lake Carroll, IL Barbara Sargent of Blaine, MN, Nancy (Gary) Price of Lena, IL, Rosemary Meier of Houston, TX, and Paula Berget, of Cliff, NM.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Arnold, daughter Vicki, granddaughter Diedra, mother and father-in-law; Floyd and Laurene Wingert,  her sister Esther "Mae" Berget- Peterson, sisters-in-law Johanne Wingert and Ada Mae Welker, brothers-in-law Kenneth Welker an Merlin Peterson, nephews; Fred Welker and Lyle Wingert, and a niece Cheryl Markowski.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at the Lena United Methodist Church in Lena, IL.

A visitation will be from 10:00 AM until time of services on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at the church.

Pastor Melwyn Alagodi will officiate the services.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

Burial will take place at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Freeport, IL.

A memorial has been established in her memory.