Elizabeth 'Liz' Rugg

ELIZABETH "LIZ" JANE RUGG

Wayland

Celebration of life for Elizabeth "Liz" Jane Rugg,

72, of Wayland, will be held

at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Wayland Mennonite Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at the church. Beatty Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. Memorials have been established in the name of Elizabeth Rugg to the Washington Library or the WACO Foundation.

Liz was born July 30, 1947, in Bettendorf, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Velma (Rich) Messer. She graduated from WACO High School in 1965 and was united in marriage to Fred Rugg on Dec. 24, 1965, at Independent Bible Church in Wayland. She followed her husband from 1965 to 1969 in Texas and Mississippi during his deployment to Vietnam with the Navy Sea Bees, returning to reside in Wayland in 1969.

She was employed at Yoder Hatchery in Wayland, MHI in Mount Pleasant, Halycon House in Washington and retired from Parkview Home in Wayland in 2014. She enjoyed reading, camping, humming birds, flowers, cooking and spending time with her family.

Survivors include her husband, Fred of Wayland; children, Chad Rugg (Patricia Tinder) of Eagan, Minn., Shannon Rugg (Erin) of Washington and Kristi Merida (Eric) of Wayland; grandchildren, Eric, Emma and Ethan Rugg, Matthew Tinder (Christy), Alexa Tinder, Blayze Richardson and Easton Rugg; brothers, Roger Messer of Williford, Ark., and Dave Messer of Alcoa, Tenn.

She was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters and two brothers.

Elizabeth Jane Rugg died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at Mercy Iowa City.