Frances Carol Ruhl

Frances "Fran" Carol Ruhl of Perry, Iowa, age 77, passed away on Sunday, January 30th, 2022, at the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. Memorials will be given to her family and may be left at the Canis Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care. Online condolences may be left at www.carrisfitneralhome.com. Fran was born in Storm Lake, Iowa on July 4th, 1944. She married Henry Edward Ruhl at the First Christian Church in Perry, Iowa on February 29, 1964. Together they spent many years square dancing with the Star Promenaders and taking family vacations around the United States with their children. Throughout her lifetime, Fran worked at many locations including Perry Day Care, Alco, and Principal Financial Group. She also gave much of her life to volunteering as a Cub Scouts Den Mother, Girl Scouts Leader, and 4H Club leader. However, her most prized role was being a grandmother, throwing annual holiday parties and sleepovers for her grandchildren. In her free time, she enjoyed reading, gardening, scrapbooking, word-find puzzles, and cooking. In death she is united with her parents, James and Dorothy (Peppel) McAtee, and her younger brother, James Henry McAtee Jr. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 57 years, Henry Ruhl of Perry, Iowa; her sister, Nancy Embry, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; her children: Thomas (Maria) Ruhl of Douglasville, GA; Robert (Jodie) Ruhl of Denver, CO; Jennifer (James) Coghlan of Perry Iowa; and her grandchildren: Rebecca Coghlan, Emily Coghlan, and Jared Ruhl. Memorial Service Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:30 AM Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care 1721 Park St Perry, Iowa 50220