Ruben Theodore Suess

CLERGY
Rev. Mark Werner
MUSIC
Organist ~ Emily Deutscher
Congregational Hymns
“The Old Rugged Cross”
“All The Way, My Savior Leads Me”
“How Great Thou Art”
Special Music by Jodi Andretta and Chris Suess
CASKETBEARERS
Rick Herman
Don Herman, Jr.
Tyler Suess
Tanner Suess
Todd Weisz
Darren Weisz
Ruben Theodore Suess was born on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 on the family farm southwest of Scotland, South Dakota. He was one of 14 children born to George and Magdalena (Heihn) Suess. Ruben married Ella Jenner on March 8, 1934. They moved to Jefferson, South Dakota where they worked on a dairy farm. In 1937, they moved back to a farm southwest of Scotland that they rented from an uncle. They bought a farm northwest of Kaylor, South Dakota in 1952. Eight children were born to this union. His wife, Ella, died on April 14, 1958. In 1966, he married Katie Brandt, who died only one year later. In 1996, Ruben married Sadie Zeeb, residing in Scotland until her death in 2003. Ruben was a member and Elder of the First Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed farming well into his nineties and in his later years was an avid reader of western paperbacks. He also enjoyed playing cards with family and friends. Ruben passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital in Scotland at the age of 100 years, 5 months and 15 days.
Left to mourn Ruben are four sons: Marvin (Alice) Suess of Hillsboro, Oregon, Maynard (Barbara) Suess of Kaylor, Ronald (Barbara) Suess of Scotland, and Gary (Lori) Suess of Tripp; a daughter, Marlene Herman of Freeman; a son-in-law, Leonard Weisz of Parkston; two daughters-in-law: Sue Suess of LaVista, Nebraska and Joan Suess of Forest Grove, Oregon; four stepchildren: Dennis (Pauline) Brandt of Olivet, Janet (Lawrence, Jr.) Flakus, Mark (Jane) Zeeb of Centennial, Colorado, and Doug (Audrey) Zeeb of Bridgewater; two brothers: Edmund Suess of Illinois and Alton Suess of Sioux Falls; and three sisters: Clara Schlechter of Sioux Falls, Elda Juhnke of Columbus, Nebraska, and Ella Bertrand of Scotland. He is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, George and Magdalena; wives Ella, Katie and Sadie; sons Melvin and Elmer “Al” Suess; daughter LaVonne Weisz; stepson Arnold Brandt; son-in-law Don Herman; brothers Hugo, Arthur, Emil, Alvin, Harold, and Loren; and sisters Martha Winckler and Esther, who died in infancy.