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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, February 16, 1996              TAG: 9602160453
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

RUTH B. ZEPP

Ruth Bulger Zepp, 86, of the 200 block of Lumar Road, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 1996 in Riverside Medical Center.

She was a native of Beaver Dam, Wis., and was born on July 15, 1909. She was a graduate of Beaver Dam High School in 1928 and had medical and x-ray training in Milwaukee. She was employed by Lutheran Hospital. Mrs. Zepp was a member of the Annunciation Catholic Church, Paramus, N.J. She was married to Raymond Zepp on Sept. 17, 1934, and they moved to Ridgewood, N.J. in 1942.

She is survived by a son, Charles Zepp of Smithfield; and two grandaughters, Kathy and Jennifer Zepp of Smithfield.

A graveside service will be conducted Saturday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery, Beaver Dam. Colonial Funeral Home in Smithfield is handling local arrangements.

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