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Ruth Kohr Obituary

HESPERIA, CA Ruth E. Kohr, 91, formerly of York, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Shirley Zupa, after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Russell W. (Zip) Kohr who died in 1984. She is survived by son, Russell W. Kohr, Jr., and daughter, Shirley Kohr Zupa both of Hesperia, Calif.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; two sisters, Eileen Keller and family and Thelma Kramer and family, all of York; two sisters-in-law, Berler Kohr and family and Kathy Kohr and family of Red Lion; and brother-in-law, Paul Kohr and family of Pahokee, Fla. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Sadie Kramer; three grandchildren; four brothers; and a sister. Interment will be in Rose Hills Cemetery in California.

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Published by York Daily Record on Jan. 18, 2012.

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January 21, 2012

Sympathies to Russell & Shirley...
Carole Kuhns Bradfield (Central Elementary School)

January 18, 2012

Aunt Ruth and I had kept in touch and I will miss her. Athough we were on opposite sides of the US, she made me feel that was not so. She will be missed and I want to extend my deepest sympathy to her family, Margo & Clint Kohr

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