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Ruth Shoukry Miller

1926 - 2025

Ruth Shoukry Miller obituary, 1926-2025, Waunakee, WI

BORN

1926

DIED

2025

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Ruth Miller Obituary

Waunakee, WI - Ruth Shoukry Miller, age 98, passed away June 3, 2025 at Agrace HospiceCare. Ruth was born on July 30, 1926 to Raymond and Ethel Wolfe in St. Joseph, IL. She attended a country school (Peters) and graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1944. Ruth received her Bachelor and Masters degrees in education from the University of Illinois. She taught kindergarten for ten years. On Sept. 7, 1957 she married Zaher Shoukry. He died Jan 12, 1978. Ruth married Clyde Miller Feb. 25, 1984. He passed away Jan. 6, 2000.

Ruth is survived by two children, Jill (Ron) Stohr, and Marc (Brenda) Shoukry, 8 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, a sister, Elizabeth Fippen, and a brother Richard Wolfe.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at the Winn-Cress Funeral Home in Waunakee. Ruth will be buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Brookings, SD.

Please share your memories at www.cressfuneralservice.com

Winn-Cress Funeral & Cremation Service

5785 Hwy Q, Waunakee

(608) 849-4513

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Tribune Enterprise from Jun. 13 to Jun. 14, 2025.

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W. 8th St. S., Brookings, SD 57006

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5785 Hwy. Q, Waunakee, WI 53597

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