Ruth Krause Union Memorial nurse

Graveside services for Ruth Krause, a retired nurse at Union Memorial Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Pa.

Mrs. Krause, who was 73, died of cancer Monday at her home in the Marylander Apartments.

She retired as a nurse at Union Memorial in 1985.

Born Ruth Galbraith in Oxford, she graduated from high school there and from Pierce's Business College in Philadelphia. She graduated from Union Memorial's nursing school in 1944.

Mrs. Krause was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church.

Her husband, Nelson Paul Krause, is deceased.

Mrs. Krause is survived by a stepdaughter, Shirley Krause Gardner of Baltimore; and three grandchildren.