BULL SHOALS, MO-- A funeral for OMER RUBEN LINDMAN, 96, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., will be at 11 a.m. today at the Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel in Bull Shoals with the Rev. Nicholas Lascaro officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in Newton Flat Cemetery in Bull Shoals. Mr. Lindman died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Mr. Lindman was born June 21, 1909 at Maywood, Ill., to Frank and Annie Lindman. He married Bergit Torgersen. He was employed at Ludwig Dairy in Elgin, Ill., until he retired to Bull Shoals. He was an Army veteran and enjoyed fishing, camping and mechanical work. He was a member of the Mississippi Valley Packard Club, Hoevel-Barnett VFW #1341 of Bull Shoals and Methodist Church.
He is survived by three sons: Orin (Patty) Lindman of Dexter, Mo.; Kevin (Marlene) Lindman of Jackson, Mo.; Daryl Lindman of Bull Shoals; six grandchildren; Laura, Brian, William, Daniel, Arthur and Eric; brothers and sisters-in-law Bob and Marie Williamson of Glen Ellyn, Ill.; and Torv and Dot Torgerson of Pensacola, Fla. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, five brothers and two sisters.
Memorials may be made to Missouri Veterans Home. Arrangements are by Kirby-Boaz Funeral Directors. 
--Baxter Bulletin, The (Mountain Home, AR) - August 22, 2005

Jackson, MO--ALVIN E. LUDWIG, 90, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.  He was born Sept. 30, 1917 in Fruitland to Louis and Ida Tuschhoff Ludwig.  Alvin was baptized July 28, 1918 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, and confirmed there April 12, 1931.
He served in the U. S. Army from November 1942 to June 1945, and received a Purple Heart from wounds received in Italy.  He and Luella E. Kassel were married Feb. 15, 1953.  Alvin worked many years as a truck driver at the former Farmers Limestone in Old Appleton, Mo.  He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson and formerly served as a special collector.  He was a lifetime member of Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post 158 in Jackson, DAV and VFW in Cape Girardeau.
Survivors include his loving wife of 54 years, Luella of Jackson; two sisters-in-law, Olga Ludwig and Lois Wendel of Jackson; and a brother-in-law, Wernold Kassel of Frohna, Mo.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Adolph Ludwig; two brothers-in-law, Milbert Kassel and Clinton Wendel; and a sister-in-law, Anna Kassel.  Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and from noon to service time Sunday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.  An American Legion service will be held at 7 Saturday.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with the Rev. David Johnson officiating.  Interment will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery with full military honors.

Colorado Springs, CO-- JULIAN LUDWIG, 68, of Jackson, Mo., a former Colorado Springs resident, died Saturday (April 21, 1990) at a hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was a forestry technician with the U.S. Forest Service for 26 years before retiring in 1987.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church of Jackson with the Rev. Rodney Travis officiating. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home, Jackson, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ludwig was born March 22, 1922, in Canton, Mo., to Charles G. and Pauline W. (Speckhart) Ludwig. He was director of the Youth Conservation Corps in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest from 1971 until 1978. Mr. Ludwig earned an award for his volunteer service in 1979 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
He was married Jan. 15, 1983, in Colorado Springs, to Cora Kitchen, who survives. Mr. Ludwig was preceded in death by his first wife, Zelma (Herzog). They were married March 27, 1948.
Mr. Ludwig also is survived by two stepdaughters, Karen Hoff of Gloversville, N.Y., and Kirsten Bongiovanni of Collinsville, Ill.; four sisters, Mildred Farr, Helen Eisenbeiss and Dorothy Feldkamp, all of LaGrange, Mo., and Leora Dewitt of Canton; and three stepgrandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Jackson in care of Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home, 615 W. Main St., Jackson, Mo. 63755.   --Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - April 24, 1990