First mayor of Brooklyn Heights, Ohio.

OBIT: Name: Ruetenik, Martin L.
Date: Sep 24 194?
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: Ruetenik, Martin L., beloved husband of Katharine (nee Kleinhans); father of Howard J., Paul B. and Mrs. Dorothea F. Pretzer; brother of Fred, Mrs. Ruth Winter, Mrs. Clara Whittaker, Mrs. Charolette Keller and Mrs. Nathalie Wagner; grandfather and great-grandfather; passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, at residence, 812 East Schaaf Road. Friends may call at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd. Services will be held from the Eighth Evangelical and Reformed Church, Willowdale Avenue, Friday, Sept. 26, at 2 p. m.

1. 2. Howard J. RUETENIK   b. 30 Sep 1895, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Aug 1978, Green Valley,, Arizona.
2. 3. Louise RUETENIK, [child]   b. Jul 1897, ,, Ohio; d. Abt 1902.
3. 4. Paul B. RUETENIK   b. 5 May 1904; d. 21 Dec 1993, Vermillion, Erie, Ohio.
4. 5. Dorothea F. RUETENIK   b. 23 Nov 1902, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Oct 1978, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

RESIDENCES: Living in Ashtabula in 1930.

OBIT:
RUETENIK, HOWARD J : (Obit.).Plain Dealer 08 Aug, 1978, pg. 05 sec. C
RUETENIK, HOWARD J : Son of late Martin (Obit.).Plain Dealer 08 Aug, 1978, pg. 05 sec. C


MILITARY: Howard J. Ruetenik
Race: White
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1895
Birth Location: Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, USA

MILITARY: Enlistment Date: 2 Aug 1918
Enlistment County: Cleveland Heights
Enlistment State: Ohio
Enlistment Division: National Army
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Comments: Syracuse Recruit Camp NY to 30 Oct 1918; Army Service Corps to
Discharge Sergeant 1 Feb 1919. American Expeditionary Forces 13 Nov 1918
to 27 July 1919. Honorable discharge 2 Aug 1919.

1. 6. Helen RUETENIK  
2. 7. Elaine RUETENIK  
3. 8. Virginia RUETENIK  

OBIT: PAUL B. RUETENIK, 89, WAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH)December 24, 1993
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OBIT: Paul B. Ruetenik was a former Erie County Commissioner and served a term as president of the Vermilion School Board.
Away from those duties, he had a green thumb.
Mr. Ruetenik owned and operated the Ruetenik Gardens in Vermilion for many years before retiring in 1981. He also served as the president of the Ohio Vegetable Growers Association from 1957 to 1959 and the National Vegetable Growers Association of America.
Mr. Ruetenik, 89, died Tuesday in the Vermilion Manor Nursing Home, after a long illness.
He was born in Brooklyn Heights. He moved to Vermilion in 1934.
Mr. Ruetenik attended Ohio State University and majored in agriculture.
He was a member of the Vermilion Evangelical and Reformed Church, Ely Masonic Lodge 424 Free and Accepted Masons of Vermilion, and the Vermilion Rotary Club.
Mr. Ruetenik was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was a former member of the board of Riverside Cemetery Association in Cleveland.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Ruth; daughters, Marilyn Welborn of Toledo and Donna Shepherd of Vermilion; a son, Roger of Montgomery, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Memo: Services were yesterday.
The Riddle funeral home, Vermilion, was in charge of arrangements.
Edition: FINAL / ALLSection: METROPage: 13CColumn: OBITUARIES
Index Terms: OBITUARY
Dateline: VERMILION

1. 9. Marilyn RUETENIK  
2. 10. Donna RUETENIK  
3. 11. Roger RUETENIK