Esther Ruth Robertson
January 2, 2013 Posted by: Cheyenne Star
Esther Ruth (Kauk) Robertson, 94 year old resident of the
Methodist Health Center in Clinton, Oklahoma and former
resident of Leedey, Oklahoma, passed from this life on
December 26, 2012. Ruth was born on June 26, 1918 to Chris
and Lena (Trost) Kauk on the family farm near Butler,
Oklahoma. In the German community where Ruth's family lived,
she attended the Solid Rock School through the 8th grade.
She obtained her GED along with other friends and family at
Leedey in 1976.
On July 8, 1944 in Arapaho, Oklahoma, Ruth was united in
marriage to Claude Robertson. The couple made their home
near Rhea and after Claude served in WWII, they purchased
their farm east of Leedey, Oklahoma. Although Ruth and
Claude never had any children of their own, they were
"parents" to many nieces, nephews, and other children around
the community. Ruth truly enjoyed being a farmer's wife and
helping with chores and gardening. They thoroughly enjoyed
visitors and their home was always open to friends and
family with a cookie, a piece of pie or cake, or a meal
lovingly prepared. Ruth decorated wedding and birthday
cakes; sewed wedding dresses and other garments; made
quilts; knitted and crocheted sweaters and any other pattern
that caught her fancy, and had beautiful flower and
vegetable gardens. Many a person can boast of something Ruth
made "just for them" but her cherry pie took first place in
all their hearts! Ruth was a reader, as were many in the
family, so any book that was read by one, was worn out in a
short time by all the trading around. Ruth accepted Christ
as a young girl at the German Church, and after marrying,
attended Rhea Baptist Church where she taught girls Sunday
school classes, worked in the kitchen and any other job that
was needed. After moving to Leedey, she attended First
Baptist Church where she helped at Falls Creek for many
years and continued her devotion and work for the Lord.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Robertson,
parents, Chris and Lena Kauk, brothers, Albert, Walter,
Herbert, Emil, Barney, Lee and L.D. Kauk, sisters Vera Riedl
and Doris Rhoades.
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