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Roy S Ruka 1897 - 1998

Roy S Ruka of Phillips, Price County, WI was born on May 26, 1897, and died at age 100 years old on April 26, 1998.
Roy S Ruka
Phillips, Price County, WI 54555
May 26, 1897
April 26, 1998
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  • 05/26
    1897

    Birthday

    May 26, 1897
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  • 04/26
    1998

    Death

    April 26, 1998
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    Roy S Ruka lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1897, in the year that Roy S Ruka was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1911, Roy was merely 14 years old when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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