RUTH BARTEL
Ruth Paulson Bartel was born on April 23, 1922, to Andrew and Nora Valnes Paulson at Claremont, South Dakota. Ruth went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at Village Green Memory Care Community in Conroe, Texas.
While a young child her family moved to Amherst, South Dakota where she attended the Western Consolidated Schools. After graduating from high school in 1938, she attended Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She received her teachers’ certification and taught in small communities in the area. In the early summer of 1942, Ruth went with teacher friends to Inglewood, California and visited a brother who was stationed there. She decided to stay and to work as a production clerk in the office of North American Aviation which was then producing the B-25 bomber. It was during this time that through mutual friends, Ruth met Jack Bartel from Balko, Oklahoma who was working for Douglas Aircraft. Jack and Ruth were married on September 24, 1942, in Inglewood. During their courtship and early marriage, they enjoyed going to see and dance to all of the big bands of the 1940’s.
