Ruth Edna Pollak

View Funeral WebcastMs. Ruth Edna Pollak, 88, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with L. J. Ciolkosz officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Condolences may be offered online at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native was the daughter of the late Carl Voigt and Martha Berthelmann Voigt. She was retired from Illinois Bell Telephone Company. Mrs. Pollak was a member of Jackson Heights Church of Christ. She is survived by three daughters, Pam (L.J.) Ciolkosz of Spring Hill, Nancy Pollak and Bobbie Ehren both of Columbia; sons, Steve (Meisheo) Pollak of China, Tim Pollak of Seattle, Washington; sisters, Irma Zastrow and Ilse Williams both of Wisconsin; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.