Antonette "Toni" Ruhe, December 17, 1947 - August 30, 2024. 
Antonette "Toni" Ruhe, 76, Michigan City, Indiana, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024, at 2:33 pm in Franciscan Health - Michigan City, Michigan City, Indiana.  Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 am, September 6, 2024, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 1506 Washington St., Michigan City, Indiana with Rev. Walter Ciesla officiating. Private family burial will take place at a later date.  Visitation will be on Thursday from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, and Friday from 8:30 am until 9:30 am in the Ott/Haverstock Funeral Chapel, 418 Washington St., Michigan City, Indiana. 
She was born December 17, 1947, in La Porte, Indiana to the late Anthony and Mary A.(Moretti) Checolo. On July 20, 1968, in Michigan City, Indiana, she married Joseph "Joe" Ruhe who survives Michigan City, Indiana.  Also surviving are two sons, Michael (Jenny Kopanski) Ruhe of Michigan City, Indiana, and  Mark (Laura) Ruhe of Avon, Ohio,  five grandchildren, Nicholas Ruhe, Allison (Nate Allen) Ruhe, Micah Ruhe, Charles Ruhe, and William Ruhe;  Toni's former daughter-in-law, Heidi Ruhe of Michigan City, Indiana; She was preceded in death by her brother Thomas Checolo. 
In her beginning career, she was a licensed beautician.  Toni then worked in the accounting departments of Weil-McLain Mfg, Michigan City News-Dispatch, and retired from Trailer Transit, Inc.   She also worked for the Michigan City School System as a lunchtime volunteer at Knapp School and worked with the Charter #1 program at Pine School.  Her greatest love was donating any of her time to her grandchildren. 
Toni being a Cancer survivor the family requests donations be made to the  American Cancer Society P.O. Box 6704 Hagerstown, MD 21741. 
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